The Americans had Project Mercury, the Russians the Soyuz programme - and we had the Albert memorial.

美国人在搞'水星计划'、俄罗斯人在建'联盟号飞船'—我们有'艾尔·伯特纪念碑'。

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The Shenzhou themselves are based on Russia's Soyuz craft but, according to Phillip Clark, a British-based consultant and expert on the Chinese space programme, they are not a straight knock-off.

ECONOMIST: China in space