Ah, socialists… you gotta love ‘em. All show, and no go. Down in Venezuela, Hugo Chavez spent a pretty chunk of his oil change in China in order to send up a satellite.
President Hugo Chavez has increasingly turned toward the East for help in technological development, and his latest endeavor — at a cost of some $406 million — will help him spread his revolutionary message across Latin America.
A rocket launched from China’s western Sichuan province carried the 5.1-ton satellite into space and it is supposed to reach its final orbit 21,900 miles (36,500 kilometers) above the earth next week.
It will begin carrying radio, television and other data transmissions in early 2009 after three months of tests.
Cool. Way to go Hugo. Now, all you have to do is figure out how to keep the electricity on, so your folks can watch their “dear leader” on the tube.
“This is a satellite for freedom,” Chavez said in a nationally televised address following the launch.
He deeply regretted not having it online in time to carry his American counterpart Barack Sharing Your Pie Obama’s upcoming television special, but he promised to be ready in January for Mr Obama’s new continuing weekly series.
Ok, I made that last part up. So sue jail me.
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