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Friday September 26, 2008

Did the Beijing Olympics actually happen?

How's this for a conspiracy theory?

According to news.com.au,

CHINA'S leading Xinhua news agency reported the successful flight of the Shenzhou VII - complete with detailed dialogue between the astronauts - hours before the nation's third-ever manned space mission had even lifted off.

So my question is - did the Beijing Olympic Games actually happen at all? Perhaps they engaged the same people who faked the first moon landing...

Here's footage of the rocket that hadn't yet taken off:

My favourite quote - with added authenticity about deviations from the flight plan:

The firm voice of the controller broke the silence of the whole ship. Now, the target is captured 12 seconds ahead of the predicted time ...

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