Saturday, January 1, 2022

Is The U.S. Losing The Space Race To China?

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, the Shenzhou-13 manned spaceship onto of a Long March-2F carrier rocket prepares to be transferred to the launching area of Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China, Oct. 7. | Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua 

Politico: ‘We’re falling behind’: 2022 seen as a pivotal lap in the space race with China 

Washington and Beijing are jockeying for advantage — and international partners — to develop the moon. 

The new year could be a turning point in what’s steadily defining the next chapter in the space age: The fierce competition between the United States and China for economic and military dominance. 

Washington, D.C., and Beijing are jockeying for advantage — and international partners — to develop the moon and are locked in what increasingly looks like an arms race that could threaten the growth of satellite constellations and space stations. And so far, international efforts to reduce tensions and encourage sustainable growth in low-Earth orbit and beyond have made little progress. 

"We are in a race that we might win but it is certainly conceivable that China may advance in certain areas of space faster than we do," said Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas, the top Republican on the Commerce Subcommittee on Space and Science. "It is to our advantage to do everything to see that for at least the things we determine to be significantly important, we achieve as quickly as possible and hopefully before our adversaries do." 

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WNU Editor: A sign of things to come. China had a record breaking year in space launches .... China closes record-breaking year with orbital launches from Jiuquan and Xichang (Space News).  

Update: China Releases Astonishing Images Of Mars Taken By Tianwen-1 Spacecraft (Zero Hedge).

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

No, China is falling behind Spacex...the US is just standing back and letting Musk do everything.

Anonymous said...

And Musk is our savior, totally not deep state like Bezos, Zuckerberg, etc

Lol

That dude has a stench of controlled OP on him just like Trump

If you're for the vaccines, I don't care who you are, if you push it on kids, you're going to jail. This is the largest crime against humanity in recorded human history, and Trump has a front row seat with Biden,
Gates, Fauci and the rest of those mass murderers

Anonymous said...

Thank you Ex-President Clinton for giving the Chinese advanced missile tech.

Adam said...

Probably not commercially.

Jac said...

Well, it was like that with the "sputnik" moment and for many years. Is China really creative? not sure.

Anonymous said...

Fengshanche

If Chinese are not creative, then it is not because of genetics.

If they are not creative it is because people have to assert control. People who learn more about control stifle everyone including themselves. We have the same disease in the US.

Anonymous said...

we're way ahead of the chinese. I hear we are set to blast off the first lesbian and a transgender into low orbit. Lets see the Chinese do that.