This is widey seen as the first indication of Chinas pan to aunch its own crewed spacecraft; a ogica next step that woud be of great poitica and miitary vaue to China. We now know that athough Chinas manned space program began in the s the recovery of a capsue was ony the beginning of a engthy process. A newspaper in Shanghai the Wen Hui Bao pubished a photo in of a Chinese astronaut in space suit during training.
Shorty thereafter Science Pictoria magazine mobile number list aso from Shanghai reeased more images showing a space simuation cabin a space suit and even space food. The magazine aso announced the existence of the argest centrifuge in Asia. This centrifuge woud be used for training astronauts to withstand high acceeration forces.
There is aso said to be a three-storey drop tower for research into the infuence of a fa on the human body such as during the anding of a capsue. It was specuated that a number of manned capsue prototypes had been buit. A Chinese manned space fight didnt seem far away. Long March E on the aunch pad.