China will launch Shenzhou VI spacecraft in one or two
years, said Xie Mingbao, director of the China Manned Space
Engineering Office, Thursday.
Asked when China will launch its next Shenzhou series spaceship
at a press conference in Beijing Thursday morning, Xie noted that
China had launched four Shenzhou spacecrafts in the past four
years, or once every year on average.
"So I think that on the basis of well summing up the experience
of the successful launch of the Shenzhou V manned spacecraft,
the country will send its next Shenzhou craft in one or two years,"
he added.
(Xinhua News Agency October 16, 2003)
