Zhai Zhigang goes for a walk

Well done China... I guess.

I'm somewhat ambiguous about this achievement. It seems to be a big thing for communist regimes, and I suppose it is impressive from a purely technical point of view, but its a bit disapointing that the countries that reached this point half a century ago, haven't gotten much further. Perhaps, with a bit of luck, China's endeavour will herald a new age of global space cooperation that will see humanity reach ever more impressive goals. I'm not holding my breath though. If it takes as long as this just for other countries to catch up, I'll be dead before anything really impressive happens. If it happens at all.