China Launches First Willing Manned Mission Into Space

Human rights lovers all over the world, rejoice!

China's poor track record for respecting the autonomy and civil rights of its own citizens may be reaching the end of the tunnel, as demonstrated by recent developments in their space program: one of their astronauts has willingly volunteered to be shot into space -- no coercion needed...

Of course, there's no word on whether the astronaut was forced into pretending to have willingly volunteered...
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