SCMP: China space station’s giant robotic arm sparks concerns in US
* Device could be ‘used in a future system for grappling other satellites’, head of US Space Command says
* 10-metre-long arm attached to the core module of the Tiangong space station is capable of lifting objects weighing up to 20 tonnes
China’s deployment of a powerful robotic arm attached to the core module of its Tiangong Space Station has sparked concerns in the United States over its possible military applications.
Chinese scientists say the 10-metre-long device, which is capable of lifting objects weighing up to 20 tonnes and can move around on the outside of the station, will be used to grab incoming spacecraft as they approach and help them to dock.
While the concept is not new – China has launched several scavenger satellites fitted with robotic arms to gather and steer space debris so it burns up in the Earth’s atmosphere – not everyone in the US is convinced its purpose is wholly benign.
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WNU Editor: It sounds like a James Bond movie (see below).
2 comments:
Yes. Everything China does is for world communist domination. I believe everything I see on the web.
Guys, I'm a white man. I've overcome great persecution to afford a modest 3 bedroom house.
R U sure you are white? You might be 1/8th black and just not know it.
This is your most interesting comment yet. Is it because you are finally growing a brain stem? You wrote 1 potentially true statement followed by a true statement and everything came out false. It does not happen with Boolean logic, but we are not talking Boolean logic; we are talking about propaganda. It clarifies things. It is now abstractable.
BTW China has a great claim to the Paracels. The Chams may have a better claim to the Spratlies, but they are really not a nation, but just a people conquered by the Vietnamese in the same time period as the American Indian Wars. Point is am not anti-Chinese, but the CCP has been acting like a bitch.
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