Stig Östlund

onsdag, november 16, 2011

Why China in space is a blessing to the world

China's future space station
will weigh about 60 tonnes and
is set to be assembled in space around
 2020, in time for the likely retirement
of the ISS. It will offer more opportunity
for collaboration among nations, with
 room for international experiments
and possibly space for foreign astronauts.




Mastery of know-how is not always solid until proven by repeated experiments. With a string of sophisticated maneuvers, docking, de-linking and re-docking, as part of its current Shenzhou-8 space mission, China has laid a solid stepping stone for deep space exploration. The autonomous docking know-how now enables China to build space stations, re-supply them, transfer astronauts and rescue them.




 SpaceDaily >>  http://www.spacedaily.com/

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