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

Skip to comments.

U.S.-China Space Alliance Urged
Wired ^

Posted on 09/17/2003 5:37:54 PM PDT by maui_hawaii

Edited on 06/29/2004 7:10:02 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

The United States should work on joint space projects with China, which is preparing to send its first person into space, the China chief of U.S. aerospace company Boeing said. China is working on becoming the third nation to undertake manned spaceflight, and many analysts believe the mission could blast off around the country's October 1 National Day.


(Excerpt) Read more at wired.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS:
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-25 last
To: yooper
Naw, Kevin, they could provide a vital role in our military applications. We build interceptors, and they can take a primal part of our targeting test program.

VBEG
21 posted on 09/18/2003 7:06:08 AM PDT by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: maui_hawaii
no, no, a bazillion times: NO!
the US'd get nothing, the ChiComs would get everything.
That is not how one survives.
22 posted on 09/18/2003 8:38:31 AM PDT by King Prout (people hear and do not listen, see and do not observe, speak without thought, post and not edit)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: maui_hawaii
The Boeing guy should read Upton Sinclair's 'World's End'.

Being an arms merchant isn't all beer and skittles.
23 posted on 09/18/2003 9:10:58 AM PDT by headsonpikes
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: KevinDavis
Thanks for the ping! And your response works for me.
24 posted on 09/18/2003 6:49:20 PM PDT by lara
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: KevinDavis
EU and China are set to collaborate on GALILEO the European global system of satellite navigation An agreement has been reached between the European Union and China on its participation in the GALILEO programme. This agreement was initialled in Beijing on 18 September 2003 by Mr F. Lamoureux, Director-General of Energy and Transport at the European Commission, and Mr Shi Dinghuan, Secretary General of China's Ministry of Science and Technology. “China will help GALILEO to become the major world infrastructure for the growing market for location services,” said Loyola de Palacio, Vice-President of the European Commission, responsible for the GALILEO programme. Her counterpart in the negotiations, China's Science and Technology Minister Xu Guanhua highlighted that “China supports GALILEO and plans to participate actively in its construction and application for mutual benefits”. . . .
Don't want America to work cooperatively? Want America to go it alone? America's school pupils are already 15th in the industrialized world and dropping. Well, it's just America's future flushing itself down the tubes, no big deal.
25 posted on 09/19/2003 8:53:00 AM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-25 last

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