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China has invested massively in its space capabilities in recent years and is now a major competitor with the US. But according to a space policy expert, the US still dominates space by most measures.
China has completed construction of the Tiangong space station, and science projects are now underway. The station is an important piece of China’s ambitious plans for space activity in coming years.
China’s space programme is going from strength to strength.
China’s space culture is unique and deeply rooted in the country’s traditions.
China’s leading role in the new space race could have a positive effect on geopolitics and science alike.
The Tiangong space station is set to become a second long-term habitat for humans in orbit around Earth.
China’s Long March 5B rocket, after a successful blast-off in April to deliver a space station module, is now on track to crash-land somewhere with a latitude between New York and New Zealand.
We don’t know where Tiangong-1 will land but the risk of someone being hit is about 1 in 3,200.
We should welcome the fact that amateur astronomers are increasingly keeping tabs on what’s going on up above.
Whatever America’s exact strategy in space, it doesn’t seem to involve investing in a new International Space Station
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