China sets Moon date and dreams International Space Station dreams

by | Oct 16, 2007 | International Space Station | 0 comments

Space.com has got China fever with two stories about the world’s most populous nation’s intentions in space.

A government official has apparently expressed hopes it can join the International Space Station as a partner. I think some US members of Congress will have something to say about that and it won’t be positive.

Meanwhile the aspiring superpower has set a date for the launch of its lunar orbiter Chang’e 1 mission

In the mean time read about China’s robotic Moon mission and human spaceflight plans in this Flightgobal article that has an exclusive video from that nation’s spaceflight industrial giants

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