Life in the future（Period 2 Reading）
chinese media also reported the landing point was just 4.8 kilometers from the targeted touchdown site in inner mongolia.yang was carried away from the spacecraft in a seat and looked a bit wobbly and dazed on state television coverage of the event.official reports from xinhua say yang“was confirmed to remain in good health”after his 21-hour stint in orbit.after its launch early wednesday from the jiuquan space center aboard a long march 2f rocket, the shenzhou 5 spacecraft entered orbit with passenger yang liwei, a 38-year old chinese fighter pilot that found himself thrust into the international spotlight with his selection for the inaugural manned flight.throughout his historic 21-hour journey, the 5-foot, 6-inch taikonaut—or yuhangyuan—reported no ill effects and no technical problems with the spacecraft were reported.conversations with the ground control center in beijing reportedly went as expected as communications was relayed through tracking stations and sea vessels scattered around the world.as expected, shenzhou 5’s entry and service modules were jettisoned from the orbital module as the time neared for the pivotal de-orbit burn to bring the taikonaut back to earth. thrusters were then fired to nudge the craft out of orbit and to put it on a trajectory to land in the steppes of inner mongolia, about 1000 kilometers from the launch site at jiuquan.the orbital module remained behind in space to complete its own mission over the next several monthsin all, the mission lasted approximately 21 hours, 23 minutes from liftoff to touchdown.the historic flight completed 14 orbits of earth and traveled about 600 000 kilometers.“yang’s return to land from outer space signifies completion of the first step taken by china to implement its plans for space exploration.more steps are to follow—attempts for space walk, rendezvous and docking of spaceships and setting up of a space lab, ”xinhua reported wednesday night.“sometime from now, up in the space, high up over the earth, there will be a space station which, like shenzhou 5 that has just made history, will be designed, built and manned by the chinese, ”the agency said.
wearable halfkeyboard
it’s quite interesting to use a pocketable keyboard with a palm or ppc to write something.i borrowed a palmone tungsten t and a logitech typeaway keyboard from a boy yesterday. the keyboard uses the universal port to connect the palm.it is a palm vx on the keyboard: the wearable halfkeyboard was designed to let you turn your pda into a wearable computer.