Please don't think that I'm supporting some conspiracy or something. I'm not. I want to believe this one, I really do. But I can't, yet, until reasonable discussion concludes.
The Chinese need something to be proud of. Look at there recent history: the Japanese Invasion, all of Mao's movements that killed millions, the Tiananmen square massacre, the persecution of Falun Gong (1999-present) and western companies turning the nation into a sweatshop. Now everyone is losing their meagre jobs due to the world economic problem.
Sorry, but this is not even close to evidence. It is a badly made youtube conspiracy video.
I agree that it is badly made, so is the other one, which has even more evidence (see below), including what look like racks of lighting reflected on the astronauts shiny equipment. Anyway not all of us profess to be Steven Spielberg!
"But this is not even close to evidence."
The evidence in both videos comes from the original footage that was broadcast on Chinese Communist Party (CCP) TV, that you posted.
OK, so you admit that the article is a misrepresentation?
No I didn't/don't admit that the article is a misrepresentation. I have explained why Qu Zheng became Zheng Qu. This was either the paper's editorial policy or an error by the editor. Besides, it doesn't effect the words below!
The research of the real Qu Zheng/Zheng Qu is about Earth sciences, not astronautics.
Firstly, I fail to see that there is a fake Qu Zheng. Secondly, about his specialist field, we have no proof that he knows nothing about astronautics, or that he was never involved with astronautics. Having worked at JPL, it's more likely that he does have the knowledge required.
Anyway, aren't we attacking the messenger and not the message? Can we forget Dr. Qu? I think this issue is almost, if not fully cleared-up.
As described earlier in this thread, there are also other explanations possible.
I totally agree! But it needs to be thorough, and answering ALL questions and refuting all anomalies presented as evidence that the space walk was staged.
His claims about the Kibo installation are not right.
I often here some background noise in all transmissions from both ends. Whatever I watch. Also of note (regardless of background noise), is the incredible clarity of the Shenzhou Astronauts, with NASA transmissions sounding like telephone calls or worse. Now I agree that the truth of this point will probably be impossible to prove or disprove. But we remember that the CCP published the transcript of radio comms before launch. See :
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/25/asia/AS-China-Space-Oops.php
The video you posted cannot be sighted as evidence, as the background sounds had been replace with music.
Also worth checking out is this:
Reporter: Is it because Chinese experts have solved the problem of background noise in the spacecraft? Qu Zheng: No. An article titled “Experts Talk: Noise—Astronauts’ Fatal Killer” (
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node92975/userobject1ai1545460.html) quoted Yu Xuejun, research director of China’s Astronaut Center Environmental Media Research Office. He said, “A couple hundred machines are working nonstop on the Shenzhou VI Spacecraft, so astronauts have to suffer with the noise.” The Shenzhou VI Spacecraft can maintain a noise level of around 70 decibels during its flight in orbit, which is equivalent to the noise on a busy highway.
Sina.com also published an article on September 6, 2008 titled “Shenzhou VII Spacecraft Astronaut Are Equipped With Protective Earplugs.” (
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2008-09-26/194216364953.shtml). The article described how dealing with noise interference and protecting the astronauts’ personal safety is a challenge for space agencies around the world. In order to protect against this loud noise, China’s Astronauts Training Center equipped three astronauts with special protective earplugs to reduce the noise. The same earplugs were used on the Shenzhou V and Shenzhou VI Spacecrafts.
Also, notice the lacking atmosphere of Earth in the video. The contrast of the video camera is obviously again not capable of showing the small border.
We see earth's atmosphere is visible in the video you posted. Sometimes we may need to freeze frame and look hard. But it's there. It's not in the chinese version. I will do some photoshop work to further research this.
Agreed. I just love these "experts" who want to wrap a conspiracy around everything...... They never listen to rational explanations because they are too busy getting their book and DVD sales going.
Dr. Qu is not publishing a book on the subject of Shenzhou 7, and has not spoken public since the article. I cannot find anything more of him. He hasn't even made a film about it yet. If he was going to, he would have done so by now.
The quote above, beginning; "Agreed. I just love..." Seems to be an ad hominem attack. Read and think, not assume.
Thank you