long march

I noticed that the type of rocket fer­ry­ing the taiko­nauts on China’s first space­walk mis­sion is known as Long March II-F.

Does it seem appro­pri­ate to name a rocket after a mas­sive and bloody mil­i­tary retreat?

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September 25, 2008 September 25, 2008 in-the-news by Scott [permanent link]