China’s latest space shot was so successful, that they’ve managed to breach the 4th dimension - travelling into the future and sending back reports which were published before the craft even took off. The Associated Press besmirches China’s claims of a successful launch, going so far as to claim that the reports were not in fact sent from THE FUTURE, but were fabricated in advance of the launch.

For shame, AP…this is shoddy journalism at its’ worst.

A news story describing a successful launch of China’s long-awaited space mission and including detailed dialogue between astronauts launched on the Internet Thursday, 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.