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Liftoff for aerospace blueprint

The government yesterday unveiled an ambitious blueprint for aerospace development in the next five years, just days before the launch of China's first lunar orbiter scheduled for next week. It is the first overall plan for aerospace dev ... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Fri, Oct 19 2007

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