Wang Yaping steps out of the Tianhe space station core module on November 7, 2021. Photo: VCG
Global Times: China details future space ambition in white paper, calls for formulating UN-centered space rules
With 207 orbital launches in the past five years, China's space industry has expanded to new horizons in the starry ocean of the vast cosmos, a newly released white paper on the country's space plans showed.
Outlining new exciting chapters of major projects such as deep space exploration and manned space programs, the long-anticipated fifth edition of the white paper, titled China's Space Program: A 2021 Perspective, was released at the State Council Information Office in Beijing on Friday, offering a fresh window for the world to better understand the progress China has made in the sector.
It is the fifth of its kind following those issued in 2000, 2006, 2011 and 2016.
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WNU Editor: This is going to be a big year for China .... China aims to complete space station in another huge year in space (Space News).
Needless to say. The U.S. is now realizing that it is falling behind .... ‘We’re falling behind’: 2022 seen as a pivotal lap in the space race with China (Politico).
1 comment:
Same reason they canceled the Sea Wolf, B2, and F22. Didn't you hear? The Cold War is over! Hurray! We decided we didn't need our own space station after all, so decided to share it with Russia and China and God knows who. All part of the "peace dividend." Aint it great? Hurray!
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