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An ongoing topic - click here for Most Recent Post I'm only seeing this in the Shanghaiist, so it's unclear if it's an actual issue, but here are the proponents. Is China's Tiangong-1 space station really hurtling toward Earth like an out of control fireball?
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An ongoing topic - click here for Most Recent Post China to launch lunar probe for landing mission -
from the SCMP - hopefully, they will be able to convert between the 2 coordinate systems, if needed China one step closer to satellite navigation system that could threaten dominance of GPS Successful launch of new BeiDou-3 satellites expected to ensure network will be up and running by the end of the year A discussion of the mis-matched coordinates - Mapping China - Chinese style
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Unlike US, China can afford sending people to Space. http://news.yahoo.com/china-sends-first-woman-space-104601122.html "China launched its most ambitious space mission yet on Saturday, carrying its first female astronaut and two male colleagues in an attempt to dock with an orbiting module and work on board for more than a week."
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/11/26/c...ref=mpstoryview But there could be a lot more at stake than just lunar boasting rights. It's unlikely the Chinese will land at Tranquility Base and pull down the Stars and Stripes. But the goal could be mining resources. One powerful, potential fuel source is helium-3. Helium-3 originated from the sun and was deposited in the moon's soil by the solar wind. It is estimated there are up to two million tons on the moon, and virtually none on Earth. "If we can ever get helium-3 and helium-3 to fuse together it is what we call nuclear power without nuclear waste -- there is no radioactivity associated with that reactor," says Professor Gerald Kulcinski, an expert in helium from the University of Wisconsin. The key though, says Kulcinski, will be developing a fusion reactor, which he says could be done within 15 to 20 years, in tandem with a program to establish a permanent human presence on the moon. Just four tons of helium-3 would be enough to supply all the power needs for the United States for a year, two shuttle payloads according to Kulcinski. Analysts believe the lure of such potent resources is one of the reasons behind China's exploration of space. State media reported last month details of a new rocket with enough thrust to put a space station into orbit. When it's developed, the Long March 5 will have almost three times the power of existing rockets. Something I have never heard of before ....The moon as an energy source.
