They'll do quite a lot of medical tests, they'll take blood tests, urine tests, and they will also work out what kind of space food works for them, |
This is going to be a grind. I think (coach-manager Bill Horne) has done a great job of putting together a bunch of guys who can play one or two positions. |
This is obviously a very short mission compared to what the Americans and particularly the Russians are used to, but they need to build up their own experience in this area, |
This is very, very typical of the Chinese space program. They go quite a big step each time. They very rarely repeat missions. |
Ultimately what they are planning is a Chinese space station in about 2008 or so. To do that they will need to learn about how to survive on longer missions. |
You will see a much bigger experimental package, |