Word: lunar
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...SHELVED. China's plans for a MOON LANDING; according to the architect of the nation's manned space program, Wang Yongzhi; in Beijing. Wang said the lunar ambitions were being abandoned for financial reasons...
...Lunar New Year, China's most important holiday, the country's President took time out from running the world's next superpower, drove several hours outside Beijing and knocked unannounced at the two-room village home of peasant Lu Zhanlin. As Lu gaped in astonishment, Hu helped the family stuff dumplings and chatted for an hour about corn prices. Then he handed Lu a red envelope with $120 to buy fertilizer and left. "Hu says he'll help us grow richer, and he follows through on his promises," says Lu, who was impressed--even though "my dumplings looked nicer...
...record straight, FM decided to consult an expert: Oken Stroh, deli-meister at Cardullo’s Gourmet. Stroh maintains that lunar cheese is undoubtedly hard, like parmesan. Maybe a Gruyère, he muses, or a Comet (pronounced co-may, comme les français). Then revelation strikes: Appenzeller, a firm, full-flavored Swiss. Just the right texture and bouquet...
...descended from the prison bus. He'd seemed nervous lately and had complained of threats against him. But now hope had surfaced once again. After repeated denials, prison authorities in Harbin, near the Russian border, had announced that Fan's husband, Zhu Shengwen, would be home by the Lunar New Year, granted medical parole after seven years in jail. All that remained were some medical exams that Zhu, who suffered from hypertension, was scheduled to undergo on the afternoon of Dec. 29, the day of Fan's visit. As a guard watched, Fan handed her husband...
...fact that solar power isn't yet cost effective on Earth makes this high-tech scenario seem a bit farfetched. The same goes for another energy-producing idea: extracting helium-3, an isotope rare on Earth but relatively abundant on the lunar surface, and shipping it back to fuel nuclear-fusion power plants. First, though, somebody would have to demonstrate that fusion reactors actually work...