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China Plans Space Station By 2020

Posted by samzenpus on from the great-space-station dept.

RedEaredSlider writes "China unveiled plans for its own space station, to be completed by 2020, along with a cargo ship to ferry supplies to and from orbit. The fact that the country is proposing one is a sign of the Chinese government's ambitions in space. China is the third nation to launch its own manned rockets into space, sending its first astronaut into orbit in 2003 aboard the Shenzhou 5 rocket. Since then two other manned missions have been launched."

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  1. Space Race v2.0 by PmanAce · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Hopefully the emergence of the Chinese and others (India?) will fuel a new space race, with bigger ambitions than last time around. Mars maybe?

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  2. Chinese GDP by Slur · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Look for a video called "China's Ghost Towns" to see how China is inflating their GDP by building cities that no one can afford to live in. It's freaky to see all these empty supermalls and highrise apartment buildings. When China's bubble explodes it's going to be a whole new disaster for the world economy.

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  3. Re:Planning is not doing.. by CohibaVancouver · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Just because China is planning to planning to build something does not mean they will

    Sure, but China's track record on executing on promised mega-projects is pretty good.

    Men in orbit? Check.
    High-speed Rail? Check.
    Three-gorges dam? Check.
    Hangzhou Bay Bridge? Check.

    We could go on and on...

    Meanwhile, all the USA seems able to produce any more is Obama's birth certificate.

  4. Re:Knock-offs by Steauengeglase · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I hope my Chinese made sarcasm detector is just off today, because I'm not sure if that was a joke or not. The crap they sell you is cheap, because frankly you keep buying it and they don't care what you do with it; they aren't investing in you. A space station on the other hand, is something they are interested in investing in, an investment in themselves (or at least an investment in sabre rattling).

    Unless Beijing wants to start spewing propaganda that they invented space travel, have had it since the beginning of time, but graciously let the west ungratefully steal it from them, I can think of better places to use my stereotyping.