The Briefing Room
General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Space => Topic started by: EC on June 09, 2017, 07:38:23 pm
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China appears to be nearing its dream to put a man on the moon, with an official saying this week that it would “not take long” before Beijing approved a manned lunar project.
Yang Liwei, deputy director general of China Manned Space Agency, said China is making "preliminary preparations" for a manned lunar mission, state media said.
China confirmed in 2016 its intentions to carry out the mission – which was been touted in recent years one of the key targets of its ambitions plans for space exploration.
But officials speaking at the Global Space Exploration Conference in Beijing this week have gave a clear indication that planning has begun.
According to a report by Xinhua news agency, Mr Yang, who was China’s first man space in 2003, told a group interview that “it will not take long for the project to get official approval and funding.”
The report did not provide any specific date.
It continued: “Wu Yansheng, president of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), also said that China is working on a manned lunar landing plan.”
The mission will consist of a manned spaceship, a propulsion vehicle and a lunar lander, Xinhua said, citing Mr Wu.
China in 2003 became the third country to put a man in space with its own rocket after the former Soviet Union and the United States.
More: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/07/china-prepares-moon-landing/
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Approval is one thing, actually achieving it is another.
It does help that they would have the benefit of our experience.
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Welcome to 1969, PRC.
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Welcome to 1969, PRC.
1962. They're still waiting for approval of the program.
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Well, I wouldn't underestimate China..
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Well, I wouldn't underestimate China..
Especially with the benefit of our experience.
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Especially with the benefit of our experience.
Exactly.. We should never underestimate a country..
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It does help that they would have the benefit of our experience.
Courtesy of Bill Clinton, Charlie Trie, Johnny Chung and Loral
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Courtesy of Bill Clinton, Charlie Trie, Johnny Chung and Loral
We've been pretty freely sharing manned space flight data since the 70s with good reason. Even Russia figured out pretty early on that sharing data saved Russian lives.
The procedures for getting to the moon and back are 50 years old and about as secret as the Washington monument.
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At this point, it's just a way to spend money
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The procedures for getting to the moon and back are 50 years old and about as secret as the Washington monument.
Old school tech. Nobody did it better.
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(http://i.imgur.com/seZZQ9O.png)
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We've been pretty freely sharing manned space flight data since the 70s with good reason. Even Russia figured out pretty early on that sharing data saved Russian lives.
The procedures for getting to the moon and back are 50 years old and about as secret as the Washington monument.
We've also been freely sharing and in some cases selling the technology to get there. That and making ICBMs.
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Wow. A moon landing. How cutting edge....
(https://media.makeameme.org/created/hahahahahaha-funny-chinaman.jpg)
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We've been pretty freely sharing manned space flight data since the 70s with good reason. Even Russia figured out pretty early on that sharing data saved Russian lives.
The procedures for getting to the moon and back are 50 years old and about as secret as the Washington monument.
Space flight data is one thing. Rocket guidance systems are a military function. There is a 2015 law that prevents NASA from working with the Chinese space agency.
The secrets that Clinton gave up for campaign cash involved rocket guidance systems. It is interesting to see how Chinese space exploration evolved
The Chinese space program was almost non-existent before 1996.
The first launch of a crew-capable ship didn't occur until 1999.
China launched an animal into space in 2001.
They didn't have a manned spaceship until 2003.