Posted on Jun 7, 2020

China's space station: What you need to know

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When it comes to the International Space Station (ISS) we invariably think of the United States and its involvement... However, there are actually two Space Stations and the second was lofted into Space and assembled by China, solely for Chinese use...at least for the present... They also have a Moon presence on the far side of the Moon... This video delineates the Chinese Space Station and I wanted to provide you space enthusiasts and others who are interested in what China is doing...

NOTE: I did not know that China's Tiangong-1 space station burned up upon reentry and that the Tiangong-2 was deorbited by China in July 2019...and came down in the South Pacific... I will provide an update shortly regarding China's Plans... A big thank you goes to LTC John G Shaw MBA, JD, Who provided information below in his response...

"The road to China's space station has been long, requiring serious resources and innovation. Here's handy primer on everything you need to know about CSS; its history, modules, crew, launch plans and more."

Given the most recents Pandemic, we should all be concerned...

I hope you all enjoy this Primer...
Kerry

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CPT Jack Durish

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Their continued success is highly dependent on the success of their economy. Fortunately for the US, we are decoupling our space exploration from government funding as we prepare to make it profitable. I can't see the Chinese ever doing that so long as they embrace a controlled economic model. And, if their shenanigans continue to get them into trouble with their trading partners (notably US), their government funding may not be able to continue their space program at its current pace.

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Excellent comments, CPT Jack Durish! As I found out after posting this, China deorbited their first Space Lab Station Tiangong-1 and it burned up on re-entry... They also successfully deorbited their TIangong-2 Space Lab Station in July 2019 and it was brought down in the South Pacific... The TIangong-2 was the Space Station in the Video I posted... It would seem like the reliability of their Space Lab technology is not the best...
I am in the process of covering a video that discusses China's Space Station Ban from the ISS and what China is currently doing... I believe it is important to cover what our rivals are doing in space as the first to establish a functional manned base on the Moon could have dire consequences for the Earth if the wrong country is successful...

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