China plans rival space station completion by 2022

[Brian G Turner]

Not just an idle boast, but a very achievable target:

China plans to complete space station by 2022

China plans to send four crewed space missions and the same number of cargo craft to complete work on its permanent space station within about two years, officials said after the launch of a newly designed spacecraft aboard the latest heavy-lift rocket.

phys.org

 

[Stephen Palmer]

They're on a mission to be top nation this century. Xi Jinping calls it the Chinese Dream. Other people call it something different.

 

[Brian G Turner]

A short piece about this week's successful launch, and about China's space program achievements to date:

China's 'space dream': A Long March to the Moon and beyond

The launch of the first module of China's new space station—"Heavenly Palace"—on Thursday underlined how far the country has come in achieving its space dream.

phys.org

 

[Harpo]

 

[BAYLOR]

They're on a mission to be top nation this century. Xi Jinping calls it the Chinese Dream. Other people call it something different.

A short piece about this week's successful launch, and about China's space program achievements to date:

China's 'space dream': A Long March to the Moon and beyond

The launch of the first module of China's new space station—"Heavenly Palace"—on Thursday underlined how far the country has come in achieving its space dream.

phys.org

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I think they want the moon all to themselves.