Beijing is steadily working to conquer
the final frontier and Washington is
very
the Pentagon says China's space program
is now outpacing the U.S with more than
60 launches in 2022
China aims to be a world's leading space
Power by 2045
China has been excluded from the
International Space Station since 2011.
but China hasn't been bothered at all
the reason the Chinese have their own
space station
now the Tian gong is seen as an emblem
of China's growing clout and confidence
in a space endeavors
the tiangon space station is the
centerpiece of beijing's ambitious Space
Program
they are aggressive they are good they
put up their space station
which technically is very good
so yes China in this way is kind of I'm
going to call them an enemy but a
frenemy competition stirs Innovation as
no other Forest operating
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if we lose space
we lose the banking system we lose the
the power grid we lose terrestrial
wireless networks this is an existential
threat to our very Nation
our future space race is with China
and um
the shingo 15-man spacecraft launch
machine are complete success
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is quickly becoming a space superpower
China completed all 11 launches at its
Space Station construction stage in just
20 months China's speed precision and
reliability to always deliver its plans
has taken many by surprise
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here's the risk that we face right now
the International Space Station is
coming to the end of its life there is a
brand new Chinese space station they
call it the Chinese International Space
Station and all of the capabilities that
we have helped develop for all these
countries around the world might
eventually go start participating with
the Chinese space station
I think that would be a mistake for the
United States of America to develop all
of that capability and then turn it over
to a country that doesn't have our best
interests at heart the United States
has stupefying resources
it's a reminder it's a wake-up call to
Americans that if you choose to not do
something that doesn't mean it won't
happen in the world
other countries that do value it will do
it and China leaves the world in
entangled Quantum particle distances
China already has the largest telescope
in the world while ours collapsed under
structural failure Tian gong which
represents a momentous achievement for
the country space program is rising
tensions and the stakes are high it took
15 countries a decade and more than 30
missions to assemble the International
Space Station ISS
foreign
I visited China 20 years ago as part of
a government a commission and we visited
the offices of Industry leaders and
political leaders I looked at their
hands and on their ring fingers were the
graduation rings from MIT here in the
United States from Caltech so these were
American trained Engineers who were
Chinese American trip went back to China
to start implementing
some of the and bringing to Bear What
role
Innovations in science and technology
would play on the future of their
economy other countries their best and
brightest would come to the United
States and stay
okay because we had opportunities so yes
and so one of the most impressive things
to me about China is when they say
they're going to do something they do it
yeah we're gonna have to build our own
space that you didn't invite us to the
International Space Station we'll build
our own space station sure enough there
it is it is expected that tiangon will
Outlast the Aging ISS and could become
the only permanent crude Outpost in
orbit why is the space race so important
to these countries well it's it's a
whole variety of reasons part of it is
of course National Prestige and pride
and demonstration to the world that you
have the capacity to do that kind of
thing but it's also not putting down a
marker about what China is intending to
be in terms of our modern science-driven
education-driven nation-state of the
21st century DPS or the galana system
only use one types of orbits but with
China used three types of orbits it can
provide very accurate services to the
whole world for any satellite navigation
system the feature is that the more
satellite you have the accuracy will be
better great power competition over
technology is now out in the open
this extends to matters in space for
both countries and is unlikely to go
away anytime soon from Suburban drivers
to international shipping to farming to
banking to Disaster Response to U.S and
allied military forces on the ground how
important space is to our country and to
our national security space is critical
to our country the way we communicate
the way we navigate The Way We produce
food the way we produce energy the way
we do disaster relief the way we predict
weather National Security and defense
Over the Horizon Communications every
banking transaction in this country is
dependent on a timing signal from GPS
you got to regulate the flows of
electricity on the power grid it is
dependent on a timing signal from GPS we
think about terrestrial wireless
networks our cell phones dependent on a
timing signal from GPS
and a lot of people don't think about
that but you know who does all of the
all of the competitors and adversaries
of the United States know that we are
dependent on space that's why they are
developing capability to launch direct
descent to anti-satellite missiles
co-orbital anti-satellite satellites
they're developing technology that can
be rapidly proliferated like jamming and
spoofing and dazzling and hacking the
enemies of this country must understand
that they will never get an advantage
over Us by destroying space
the United States is no longer seen as
the uncontested unipolar power in space
China Space Program essentially how much
closer is it to achieving its Ambitions
of being a world leading space power
within the next two decades yes it's all
already frankly almost there
unfortunately the International Space
Station did exclude China they built
their own and a spanking new and
fantastic thing it is all the uh
experiments the science missions on
board the Chinese space station have
gone through a un mechanism and so
there's many countries have applied to
put their experiments on the space
station and they've been approved and
they're in fact ready to go so uh that's
what I mean by International and also
there have been I think some French and
German astronauts training with their
taikanot colleagues for future possible
joint missions on their space station
which they're very open about the palace
and the heavens is looking forward to
your arrival under a tight schedule
China has successfully delivered three
Mega space station modules for shenzhou
manned spacecraft and four tianjo cargo
spacecraft in an uninterrupted sequence
of success reflecting China's robust
development in the domain of man spaced
technology the uh 15 mission for example
is docked up there yesterday and it took
about just over eight hours to dock you
know you're docking with the
International Space Station it takes you
about 16 to 18 hours much longer so new
technologies and new capabilities and
capacities that are being demonstrated
by the Chinese in their burgeoning space
program it takes about 19 minutes to
complete one full audit
taconas can even see 16 sunrises a day
from the station once you're in space
your blood will go to your head and your
tongue was swollen so that is the
immediate effect and also you lose your
appetite and in the in the coming months
as they have stayed in six in the world
for six months that would experience a
lot of physical changes including
cardiovascular changes and loss of bone
mass so they need to have a constant
education exercise on board the station
interesting facts about life on the
station China's space station has two
separate sets of kitchen equipment
enabling two Crews to prepare their own
meals at the same time to dine together
or separately there are also two
bathrooms and six sleeping booths in the
Tiani and the wentian modules which the
two crews could use separately the
station also has an external robotic arm
which can support activities and
experiments outside the station the main
function of a tiangong station is to
perform research on life in space there
is a particular focus on learning about
the growth and development of different
types of plants animals and
microorganisms so in the future for
instance making some medicine is very
quiet and very special environment which
can only be realized in space so the
gene of the Seas will be changed very
fast and more remarkably than that on
the ground maybe they are more delicious
or they have more potential amount and
there are more than 1 000 experiments
planned for the next 10 years years the
science experiments have already begun
the planned study involving monkey
reproduction commencing in the station's
biological test cabinets whether the
monkeys will cooperate is an entirely
different matter
tiangon's high-speed Communications
system will allow tens of gigabytes of
data to be sent to the ground every day
there is also a supercomputer on the
space station to analyze the data while
it is still in space
the future China aims to keep the
orbital outposts constantly occupied and
operational in orbits for at least 15
years tiangon highlights the country's
policy of self-reliance and is an
important step for China towards
achieving larger space Ambitions among
the changing landscape of power dynamics
in Space by 2025 it plans to collect
asteroid samples near Earth then a slew
of targets by 2030. first to launch a
mission to master probe asteroids
another goal and unmanned exploration
mission to Jupiter it also plans to end
Chinese astronauts on the moon for the
very first time all within the next
decade
by 2035 it is aiming to develop and
launch a 100-ton super heavy lift
carrier rocket and five years after we
could see a nuclear-powered space
shuttle that will enable resource
exploration and asteroid mining there is
also the intention to construct a
space-based solar power station
and China aims to be a world leading
space Power by 2045 one that can carry
out large-scale Explorations on planets
and comets in the solar system and send
astronauts to Mars while the US is tied
to the dream of commercial space
stations but whether this space stream
comes to fruition remains to be seen
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