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China Targets 2022 For Space Station Completion

Posted by Soulskill on from the neighbors-for-the-ISS dept.

Taco Cowboy writes: According to Reuters, China is aiming for 2022 to get its first space station operational. "China's leaders have set a priority on advancing its space program, with President Xi Jinping calling for the country to establish itself as a space power." After Chinese astronauts docked with the country's experimental space lab last year, they're planning the launch of another laboratory in 2016. Launch and construction of the new space station's core is planned for 2018, and their goal is to complete it by 2022. China insists that its space program is for peaceful purposes.

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  1. Re:Been there, done that. by TitusC3v5 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    They've tried, repeatedly, only to be blocked by US objections each time.

    Their own station would probably be more worthwhile anyway - I can't name a single major achievement the ISS had made in the past decade.

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  2. Re:Been there, done that. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Interestingly, despite the US blocking international cooperation on the International Space Station, China is welcoming International involvement on the Chinese Space Station.

    Reminds me of baseball's World Cup. And 1984 (ie doublepeak)