3 Reasons why China will be the leading power in space by 2030

[rangerrebew]

3 Reasons why China will be the leading power in space by 2030
China’s National Space Administration, though not currently leading the pack, has big ambitions for its space program.
By Team Mighty

Posted on Nov 8, 2023 7:18 AM PST
 
The new space race is on, and the evidence is everywhere (for those who are looking). There are also more than two competitors these days. The United States and Russia are still working in space, but they have been joined in the past few decades by countries who are making huge strides in their own space missions. The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Chandrayaan-3 rover is currently on the moon. The European Space Agency (ESA) not only landed a spacecraft on a comet in 2014, but it also announced the creation of lab-grown meat for its astronauts on long space missions. China’s National Space Administration, though not currently leading the pack, has big ambitions for its space program and those plans could make it the leader in space by the end of the decade.
 
Here’s 3 Reasons why China will be the leading power in space by 2030
1. The Miyin Space Telescope
China intends to complete construction of the Miyin space telescope by 2030 and it will be the most powerful space-based telescope Earth has to offer. The Miyin is actually a series of telescopes, four light-collecting telescopes and a beam combiner, built in deep space to be used to look for habitable planets in other star systems. Although it’s still in development, the technology is expected to be tested aboard China’s Tiangong space station in 2024, and a prototype is expected to launch in 2027.


NASA is working on a similar telescope with the same mission, using similar technology, but its version is expected to cost an estimated $11 billion and won’t be operational until 2040. On top of the cost, it’s also facing some significant timeline setbacks.

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[rangerrebew]

How the "experts," especially liberal ones, fought Reagan on his Star Wars vision.

[Smokin Joe]

Seems I recall the argument: "Why spend money on space, when we have problems right here at home?" That was back in the '60s.

Well, we spent money right here at home, and bought corruption, unrest, and a general mess. Everything subsidized expanded until the subsidies stopped (they haven't for the worst things).

We still have problems at home (the poor will be with you always.), but what we don't have is the Lunar and Mars colonies talked about in my youth. We went to the moon and came back. It would be like 'discovering' the New World (and all the people already there), and then being content with coastal trade in Europe.
Only there are no (known) indigenous residents in space to resist, just incredible resources to exploit if we ever get out far enough to do so.
The streets are still dirty, in places packed with 'homeless' living rough.
People are still hungry, but their leaders grow fat, and the hope of new frontiers is being lost in the machinations (and likely corruption) of the Government bureaucracies.

[Free Vulcan]

China has alot of problems that I think will hamstring it from accomplishing half the vision they have for themselves. They're going to grasp for greatness with a swing and a miss.

[Hoodat]

How the "experts," especially liberal ones, fought Reagan on his Star Wars vision.

I remember that like it was yesterday.  SDI called for around 400 satellites in two tiers.  Total cost, less than $100 billion.  It would have hit ICBMs near the ground as they were being launched.  And Democrats bitterly fought against it.

[DefiantMassRINO]

Reason #1:  They aren't stranding astronauts in space using Boeing Starliners.