Jake tells us the story of Chinese spaceflight, and Anthony gets us ready for their future in space.
Beers

Mad Elf (2017) - Tröegs Independent Brewing - Untappd
Walt Wit - Philadelphia Brewing Company - Untappd
Pennsylvania Pale Ale - Philadelphia Brewing Company - Untappd
Tsingtao - Tsingtao Brewery - Untappd

Topics

Andrew Jones (@AJ_FI) | Twitter
ChinaSpaceflight (@cnspaceflight) | Twitter
Qian Xuesen documentary - YouTube
Long March (rocket family) - Wikipedia
China sets out long-term space transportation roadmap including a nuclear space shuttle
Why China’s Long March 5 is crucial to its space ambitions
China progressing with work on new medium, heavy and super-heavy Long March launch vehicles
China aims for first sea launch in 2018, will develop low cost space launches and reusable space plane
ESA and Chinese astronauts train together / Astronauts / Human Spaceflight / Our Activities / ESA

Picks

Space Shuttle Decision, 1965-1972 (History of the Space Shuttle, Volume 1) by T. A. Heppenheimer
History of the Space Shuttle, Volume Two: Development of the Space Shuttle, 1972-1981 by T. A. Heppenheimer
How far they'll go: Moana shows the power of Polynesian celestial navigation | The Planetary Society
Journal of the Polynesian Society: Re-learning A Vanishing Art, By B. R. Finney Et Al., P 41-90
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