But some scientists question whether manned exploration provides the best platform for scientific research.
His craft may also soon be joined by other manned submersibles vying to reach the ocean's deepest depths.
But Christine Yu said the manned spacecraft launch would be a big money-spinner for China.
The last mission carried all the equipment necessary for manned flight and tested life-support systems.
This month, the White House ordered a sweeping independent review of Nasa's manned spaceflight strategy.
Assuming the venture goes well, two manned missions (Shenzhou 9 and 10) should follow in 2012.
The Cold War produced supersonic jets, interstate highways, a manned lunar landing and the Internet.
His brother, Mike, has manned a stand near City Hall for about 30 years.
The compound is manned by a company of soldiers from the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment.
"We can send unmanned systems where we wouldn't dare to send manned systems, " says Fenton.
Our teams are manned by trained staff in two continents giving 24-hour support in 70 languages.
The station is currently manned by three Russians, two Americans and a Japanese astronaut.
There is uncertainty in sending a manned mission to the moon, yet that happened.
It was designed to build spacecraft for a return manned spaceflight to the moon by 2020.
This is particularly true in regard to design control over manned mission flight safety provisions.
They will not be full of grimy machines manned by men in oily overalls.
This is China's first manned venture since it tested an anti-satellite missile in January 2007.
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So, you know, the manned space program or, I should say, piloted space program, some problems.
It carried two astronauts this time, one more than China's first manned flight in 2003.
Currently, Nasa has small-scale studies but no plans for a manned mission to Mars.
What role are long-range manned bombers expected to play in U.S. power projection in the future?
Manned aircraft may be replaced in part by unmanned aerial vehicles and satellites, he predicts.
Volunteer nurses manned tables stocked with cotton balls, bandages and packets of ointment, and administered the shots.
Manned space travel has been one of the greatest triumphs in the history of the United States.
She continued to watch the markets from Omaha, and her son David manned floor operations in Chicago.
It must stop at 36 roadblocks and ten weighbridges, many of them manned by thieves in uniform.
ALH84001 hit the headlines, the space-science programme's funding seemed vulnerable to the insatiable demands of manned spaceflight.
The first occurred on 8 June 1994 and dealt with the future of the manned bomber force.
An insurrection, stirred by Marxist slogans and manned by the unemployed, was put down with great brutality.
During the Cold War we had a nuclear triad of manned bombers, submarine-launched missiles and land-based ballistic missiles.
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