Story of successful China space launch posted on web before launch occurred

A news story describing the successful launch of China's long-awaited space mission appeared on the web. It including detailed dialogue between astronauts.

Only one problem -- the story appeared hours before the rocket had even left the ground.

The country's official news agency Xinhua posted the article on its Web site Thursday, and remained there for much of the day before it was taken down.

A staffer from the Xinhuanet.com Web site who answered the phone Thursday said the posting of the article was a "technical error" by a technician. The staffer refused to give his name as is common among Chinese officials.

The story including “detailed dialogue between astronauts” on the internet before the launch was a “technical error?”

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