Posted on 04/26/2023 9:20:02 AM PDT by bitt
Joe Biden’s disastrous administration from hell has pushed China and Russia into a tight relationship that hurts US interests all around the world – and in outer space, too.
Two years ago, China’s National Space Administration teamed up with Russian space agency Roscosmos to develop research facilities on the surface of the moon by 2035, collaborating in the planning, design, development and operation of the research station.
But latest developments suggest the two nations have accelerated their deadlines, trying to be faster than NASA’s Project Artemis.
Daily Mail Reported:
“Not only does Beijing want to get Chinese boots on the surface [of the Moon] within the next seven years, it may also beat the US to having a permanent outpost there.
NASA has previously revealed a goal of establishing its own Artemis Base Camp by the 2030s, a timeline which would put the two countries on a collision course and set up the mouth-watering prospect of an epic 21st century space race.
Wu Weiren, the physicist who leads China’s moon mission, told state media that Beijing wants to create a lunar science and research station before the end of the decade.
‘By 2030, the footprints of the Chinese people will be left on the moon,’ he said. ‘There’s no question about it’.”
While China launched its space program later than the American, in these last few years it has found a lot of success, after it became the first country to land on the far side of the moon and sending a probe that successfully brought back rock and soil from the surface of Earth’s satellite.
Pioneer Russia lost its monopoly on taking astronauts to the International Space station, but ‘Moscow still has significant expertise and is clearly seen by China as the ideal partner in its moon base endeavors.’
“Although the original goal was to build the lunar outpost by 2035, it appears Beijing and Moscow now have one eye on going toe-to-toe with NASA in the race to become the dominant global force in space.”
This will make for a nerve-wrecking space race, since leaked documents last year suggested NASA was targeting 2034 for the beginning of its moon base-building venture, and not 2028, like previously announced.
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Beijing wants to create a lunar science and research station before the end of the decade.
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Calling Fauci.
Make sure it is a biolab.
And the US of A is too obsessed with wokism to fight them.
But and hour later they’ll have to put one on again....................
But will the Chinese/Russian moonbase be fully inclusive and not be dominated by patriarchical cisgenger oppressionists?
They will build a 10 outposts, but 9 will remain unoccupied.
How the heck did we put men in the moon in ‘69 after only identifying the goal a couple of years earlier, but it’ll take China, with all of their/our technology, another seven years to do it?
“Chinese Vow To Put a Man on the Moon Before the End of the Decade”... Dead or Alive.
The Chinese project is for a permanent manned base, or several of them. It is quite a bit more complex than the visits we took to the moon.
It is a supremely expensive project without obvious benefits to the sponsoring countries. And yet there will likely be enormous and world-changing benefits in completely unexpected ways.
We are still living with the wealth produced by "space program spinoff" technology of the moon landings.
With China’s record it may well be a one way trip.
They will build a 10 outposts, but 9 will remain unoccupied.
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An that one will collapse soon after due to the usual shoddy construction.
Actually I wish the Chinese the best of luck with their moon program.
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You do understand that any Chinese base on the Moon will be:
1. under direct control of the CCP;
2. it will be a military base;
3. declared owned/controlled by China;
4. all other nations attempts to do the same will be met with deadly force.
Exactly right!
Getting the astronauts back alive isn’t necessarily a “must do” part of their program.
China: We put lots of guys on the moon! LOTS and LOTS!
It just means the US and Elon will have to bring them home.
Or they can just drag some barges of sand up into orbit and create their own “moon”, then plant a flag on it.
He who holds the high ground often wins the war. We really need to set up a live base first. Otherwise China will try to claim the WHOLE moon and all the rare earths and other resources on it.
Is there any international law, UN resolutions or other generally recognized legal statements regarding moon settlement and ownership?
Is there any international law, UN resolutions or other generally recognized legal statements regarding moon settlement and ownership?
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Yes, but I don’t know if China signed it, as back then China didn’t have a space program - during the Great Leap Backward.
Just like POTUS John Kennedy
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