Posted on 11/08/2018 11:20:46 PM PST by blueplum
China unveiled on Tuesday a replica of its first permanently crewed space station, which would replace the international community's orbiting laboratory and symbolises the country's major ambitions beyond Earth.
The 17-metre (55-foot) core module was a star attraction at the biennial Airshow China in the southern coastal city of Zhuhai, the country's main aerospace industry exhibition. ....
....The International Space Station -- a collaboration between the United States, Russia, Canada, Europe and Japan -- has been in operation since 1998 but is due to be retired in 2024.
China will then have the only space station in orbit, though it will be much smaller than the ISS which weighs 400 tonnes and is as large as a football pitch.
- Billions spent - The country announced in May that the lab would be open to "all countries" to conduct science experiments.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
She could have at least warned those people behind her!
(forgot which movie that is)
It’s from the old TV show “Dead Like Me” ...
I knew I had seen that opening. I don’t think I ever really watched it but I had seen that part. Thanks.
Grow some flowers in the station if it smells.
Dang, you beat me to it!
China like the Soviets/Russia might make crap, but usually not when it comes to their military
There’s one next city over - $9.99 - ice cream and......Mexican food, too, on the buffet.
It’s O.K. Not as good as the Mongolian Barbecue owned by someone I know. But not as expensive, either.
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