Chinese warriors used fire arrows against their enemies as far back as 300 bc. By the 13th Century the fire arrows of the Sung Dynasty's army were.........
What are rockets filled with gun powder?
100
When India bagan its space program back in the 1960's it concentrated on technology for what?
What is economic development particularly satellites.
100
The European Space Agency (ESA) takes part in human spaceflight largely through what?
What is the International Space Station program?
100
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) was the result of a merger of different bodies involved in Japanese efforts at space exploration. JAXA is an independent administrative Institution compared to what?
What is NASA in the United States?
100
Japan spent $3 billion developing its Kibo lab for the international space station. Kibo means what?
What is hope?
200
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is in charge of what kind of space projects?
What are manned and military space missions?
200
The first step along India's path for space policy was Chandrayaan 1. What is it and what is it's mission?
What is an unmanned lunar probe launched in 2008. It's two year mission was to orbit the moon and to map its surface in three dimensions.
200
ESA has an extensive program of joint activities with NASA. These two agencies will undertake a two-part exploration of what?
What is Mars? (It is set for 2016 and 2018.)
200
The first Japanese in space was who?
Who is Toyohiro Akiyama?
200
Kibo was a major piece of hardware and Japan's biggest contribution to the international space station. It has two elements. What were they?
What are pressurizing module and an exposed facility?
300
The Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) is in charge of what kind of space projects?
What are civil and scientific space projects?
300
Another of India's accomplishments is the Indian National Satellite System, Known as INSAT. InSAT meets which of India's needs?
What are telecommunication, broadcasting, meteorology and emergency rescue needs?
300
The ESA's Venus Express mission is an example of space research on the economy plan. Venus Express is a follow-on from the what?
What is the Mars Express mission?
300
What makes Toyohiro Akiyam different from other space men?
What is he was a tv journalist whose network paid $10 million for him to spend a week in space aboard the Mir Space station. He was the first ever paying passenger.
300
Who did the Polar Plunge on a birthday?
Who is Dennis?
400
China's space program really took off in 1970 with the launch of it's first satellite called what?
What is Dong Fang Hong 1?
400
The Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellite program supports India's national economy. It provides info on what?
What are agriculture, water sources, forestry and ecology?
400
The Venus Express is looking for answer to a number of essential questions about Venus. Name one.
What is Why has Venus evolved so differently compared with the Earth in spite of the similarities in terms of size, basic makeup and distance to the Sun?
400
The first Japanese astronaut in space was who?
Who is Mamoru Mohri. He was on the crew of NASA's space shuttle mission STS-47 in 1992.
400
Who lost a tooth when eating a cupcake?
Who is Emeline?
500
China's third manned space mission with three taikonauts (astronauts) took place in 2008. Who became the first takonaut to walk in space?
Who is Mission Commander Zhai Zhigang?
500
In September 2002 India launched the first of a new seris of meteorological satellites called what?
What is Metsat.
500
Rosetta is the name of an ESA spacecraft with one of the most challenging missions ever. What is that mission?
What is a rendezvous with a comet and study it up close for two years.
500
JAXA launched its Kaguya probe of the Moon in 2007 from the Tanegashima space center. What was the Kaguya's mission?
What is to obtain data on the Moon's origin.
500
Who stuffed a kidney bean up his/her nose just because he or she thought it was funny?