China’s Ministry of Education acknowledged that the Great Wall is not visible from space, in contrary to decades of assertions that the structure was large enough to be seen from orbit. Chinese astronaut Yang Liwei was the country’s first man in space, and he reportedly made the observation last year while orbiting the Earth in the Shenzhou V. I’m glad to hear that they’ve taken this step and am actually quite surprised that they capitulated in this way. Only time will tell whether they will be as conciliatory about more important issues…
