"Mao Zedong lamented that China could not even launch a potato i

刚读到关于神七的报导（http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080928/wl_nm/us_china_space_31），这是老美记者的恶毒编造,还是老毛真的说过这话? （“has come a long way since late leader Mao Zedong lamented that China could not even launch a potato into space.”）似乎不记得有这种话说过。。。