Posted on 09/25/2006 6:41:03 PM PDT by KevinDavis
BEIJING (AP) – The United States is looking to collaborate with China on civilian space projects but will not pursue broad engagement with the military-dominated Chinese space program, NASA's chief administrator said Monday.
Michael Griffin, who arrived in Beijing on Saturday, is the highest-ranking NASA official to visit China. His trip – which he called “a first date” – represents a turnaround for Washington, which has largely shunned contacts with the secretive Chinese space program, and follows personal lobbying by China's president for the exchanges.
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...the secretive Chinese space program...so naturally, I immediately started web-searching for that old Calgon commercial...
They are also suspected of stealing technology from the Germans for maglev trains.
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