China will soon join other big giants in space to explore the solar system and probably dominate
one of the planets.
Being one of the overcrowded cities in the world with a population of about 1.44 billion
people, China is on a mission to also build a city in space, where some citizens can travel
to and live, to reduce the country's population on Earth, without any contribution from the
European Union or the United States.
Keep watching as we discuss how Chine plans to win the space race among the big guys like
NASA, SpaceX, blue origin and Virgin galactic.
You would also love to behold the sight of the fantastic space shuttle the Chinese National
Space Admins designed for the use of travelling to space and dominating it.
The current program of the China National Space Administration, with its thrilling speed,
is iconic of the cold era, when competing superpowers Moscow and Washington raced to
launch the first man into space and set foot on the moon.
China's desire to build its orbiting station was mainly inspired by the U.S.'s ban on Chinese
astronauts aboard the International Space Station, an initiative supported by the U.S.,
Russia, Canada, Europe, and Japan.
A war of space dominance is going on between countries, and China is ready to raise its
national flag in space.
As the U.S. tops the ladder with big guys like NASA, SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Virgin
galactic, Russia have Roscosmos, and China has the CNSA as their backbone, the competition
will almost look like a heated fight in the ring.
In what will be China's longest crewed mission to date, three Chinese astronauts blasted
into space to serve as the station's first crew mission for three months.
Two of them left the station for the first spacewalk at Tiangong, which lasted roughly
seven hours.
The development of Tiangong is an important milestone in China's ambitious space program.
China possesses a dependable mode of transportation because it has already launched probes on
the moon and landed a rover on Mars.
Liu and Tang were seen wearing freshly designed spacesuits weighing 130kg, opening a hatch,
and leaving the module individually.
The mission commander, Nie Haisheng, a decorated air force pilot on his third space mission,
supervised them from within the space station.
The mission called for two spacewalks, each of which would take six to seven hours.
Chinese astronauts have not left their spacecraft since 2008.
Thus, this was their first occasion.
At the time, Zhai Zhigang made China the third country after the U.S. and the Soviet Union
to complete a spacewalk.
As China celebrates the 100th anniversary of the ruling Communist party, it is a subject
of great prestige.
The crew trained more than 6,000 hours in advance for this mission.
By the end of 2023, the Chinese space agency plans to launch 11 times, including three
more crewed missions.
They will transport two lab modules along with supplies and personnel for the station's
expansion.
A video of the astronauts' everyday activities aboard Tiangong was made public, showing them
setting up an exercise bike and using a treadmill for workout.
One crew member was seen using chopsticks while eating, and another performed a handstand
and somersault after mealtime.
The mission has sparked chaos of online discussion, with a hashtag about the spacewalk receiving
200 million views on Weibo, China's version of Twitter.
The goal of this mission was to test the station's robotic arm, which will be used to move future
modules around the station, and elevate a panoramic camera outside the Tianhe core module.
The astronauts installed the robotic arm's foot stops, and assembly tasks were completed
with its aid.
China President Xi Jinping said that "the construction of China's first space station
is opening "new horizons" in humanity's attempts to explore the cosmos.
This statement means that China is in a big deal to dominate space, and there will be
no retreat.
According to NASA, the ISS will be due for retirement by 2024, even though they claimed
it could remain functional beyond 2028.
However, China's space station Tiangong is expected to have a lifespan of at least ten
years, and China has said it would be open to international collaboration on the station.
So China's Tiangong may eventually be the world's new ISS.
When it comes to directing a state's or a society's entire resources toward a specific
technological challenge, talking about A.I., and technology implementation, China, of course,
will have an edge.
China has one of the most advanced tech plants in the world, and they are certainly a leading
smartphone manufacturer due to the availability of the resources needed for smartphone development.
But at a price: China's open commercial and intellectual environment is less developed
than that of the United States.
In the face of China, the United States may not be certain to triumph in the race for
A.I., 5G, or any other technology.
But there is no basic reason why the United States can't thrive if it expends the effort
and makes the investments required in these areas.
After all, it is a democracy.
China is fighting against more than just an established and successful space program.
But with more challenging objectives than before.
The U.S. is currently trying to beat China's back on the moon to establish a lunar outpost,
gather resources, and utilize it as a stepping stone to reach Mars.
And China's goal in exploring the moon is to dwell to learn how to survive and function
on another planet in space other than Earth, which is a similar ambition for Elon Musk
and SpaceX.
Because the United States, China, and Russia will all have bases on the moon at the very
least within the next ten years, there is now a sense of urgency for competent countries
to hurry and control space.
Due to China's threat, other countries may strive to move things along quickly.
Therefore, having China as a more significant space actor may be advantageous for NASA and
the American space program.
China's and the United States' goals may change depending on how long their rivalry lasts.
The principal aim of China's space program is similar to that of the United States; As
we all know, China is not subordinate to the U.S. on Earth, nor if they want to be subordinate
to the U.S. in space.
The current strategy is to make an effort to close the gap.
Therefore, if you are seeing this from an American strategic point of view, the worry
would be that China may have an advantage in the high-tech innovation fields that would
be most crucial for boosting creativity and productivity over the 21st century.
And that may also be an edge for China to conquer space.
Now let's talk about some of the other major space actors in the U.S. SpaceX's main competition
may be China's space program, not other companies in the U.S. and Europe or Russia's space program.
This is because the private capital driving the U.S. space race hasn't yet developed a
rival to pressure SpaceX.
SpaceX has sent 26 missions into orbit as the year ends; only China's space agencies
have launched 34 more.
While this is a rough indicator of activity, it illustrates how the U.S. dominance in space
access—40 orbital launches occurred in 2020 under U.S. control, and it depended on only
one company, which is SpaceX.
And remember that NASA, a powerful U.S. space program, has entrusted a huge contract into
the hands of SpaceX, and they are expecting SpaceX to actualize this contract.
So, this means that if SpaceX fails in its quest to launch the starship on Mars, then
the U.S. will ultimately fail in space.
And if this happens, China will ultimately have an edge to take over space.
Currently, SpaceX primarily engages in three business activities: launching satellites
for other companies, launching and running its Starlink internet network, sending people
into low-Earth orbit, with a great ambition to land on the moon and Mars.
So right now, SpaceX is leading among other space companies.
SpaceX's fleet of reusable rockets already broke a record this year by reusing one booster
seven times.
Only Blue Origin, developing a large, reusable rocket named New Glenn, aims to compete with
SpaceX in this field.
Blue Origin is also planning to make its launch.
However, it could not gain the support of NASA or even the U.S. military.
Engines made by Blue Origin, whose delivery was postponed, are used in both New Glenn
and ULA's Vulcan.
So SpaceX having a concrete collaboration with NASA may win the space race across the
world for one big thing.
That reusability of the rocket and raptor engines slashed the launch cost, and the starship
can contain one hundred persons per launch, generating huge profit for SpaceX's competitors.
Do you believe China has a chance to conquer space, the moon, or Mars?
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