Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

SPACED OUT China vows to complete ISS rival space station and secret space plane in 2022
www.the-sun.com ^ | Jan 7 2022 | amie Harris

Posted on 01/07/2022 12:45:27 PM PST by RomanSoldier19

CHINA is stepping up rivalry with the US as it announced a huge plan to carry out more than 40 space launches in 2022.

The space race looks set to heat up, with NASA scheduling roughly the same number this year.

China is blasting away with its ambitious goal to complete building an ISS competitor.

CASC - the Chinese equivalent to NASA - said it will execute six important missions to finish off the Tiangong space station.

That includes two crewed Shenzhou spaceships, two cargo craft liftoffs and two laboratory modules.

The country has traditionally taken a cautious approach with its space programme but its busy roster suggests China now wants to take a leading role in the skies above.

China's military-run space programme is banned from the accessing the ISS due to US objections.

So instead the country has largely gone it alone.


(Excerpt) Read more at the-sun.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ccp

1 posted on 01/07/2022 12:45:27 PM PST by RomanSoldier19
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: RomanSoldier19

“You told them about the secret space plane?”


2 posted on 01/07/2022 12:47:30 PM PST by DannyTN
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RomanSoldier19

Who cares


3 posted on 01/07/2022 12:52:05 PM PST by butlerweave
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: butlerweave

Right.

Biden: 2022 is a long way off. This is 2020.


4 posted on 01/07/2022 12:54:10 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: butlerweave

5 posted on 01/07/2022 12:54:49 PM PST by RomanSoldier19 (Res ad Triarios venit)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: RomanSoldier19

Maybe ISS can send out for Chinese food.


6 posted on 01/07/2022 12:55:26 PM PST by beethovenfan (Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RomanSoldier19

Space is the new high ground.

Those who don’t know what that means will say some pretty
silly things.


7 posted on 01/07/2022 12:55:40 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Democrats, fixing things that haven't been broken, so they don't work, for over 197 years.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: butlerweave

“Who cares”

SMH in disbelief.


8 posted on 01/07/2022 12:59:44 PM PST by setter
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: RomanSoldier19

At least China doesn’t distract their version of NASA by forcing them to focus on building relations with Muslims.


9 posted on 01/07/2022 1:01:09 PM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RomanSoldier19

10 posted on 01/07/2022 1:03:17 PM PST by Hetuck ("We will Barry you" - Nikita Khrushchev)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RomanSoldier19

Meanwhile, NASA concerns itself with “outreach” to goat rapists and dick choppers.


11 posted on 01/07/2022 1:07:22 PM PST by Mr. Rabbit
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RomanSoldier19

The US of A has more transvestites so I feel safe.


12 posted on 01/07/2022 1:08:57 PM PST by WMarshal ("Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RomanSoldier19

That thing looks like a toilet paper roll with stubby “wings”


13 posted on 01/07/2022 2:17:40 PM PST by centermass_socrates (Tap, rack, bang clears blockages, even the leftist political ones.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: centermass_socrates

That thing looks like a toilet paper roll with stubby “wings”

It has to be big to hold their genetically modified space troopers, aka Taikonauts


14 posted on 01/07/2022 2:44:13 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: RomanSoldier19

They dropped a selfie camera to get a picture of Mars Orbiter for propaganda purposes ,LOL


15 posted on 01/07/2022 3:55:26 PM PST by butlerweave
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson