People excited for successful launching of Shenzhou-6
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Zhu Ge Liang
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I AM PROUD OF OUR MOTHERLAND...........:china:
This is to show to the rest of the world that 'though China is not welcomed in the ISS project, it will catch up soon and to prove that it can do it all by its own !!! BRAVO.........
This is to show to the rest of the world that 'though China is not welcomed in the ISS project, it will catch up soon and to prove that it can do it all by its own !!! BRAVO.........
Zhu Ge Liang
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MIGleader said:
Why did China refuse ? They can learn alot from the project and save alot of years of R&D by themselves !
You can watch the launch video here:
There are several versions of the story about China raking part in ISS. Some said that China expressed willingness to join ISS but was turned down by the U.S., while some others said that U.S. invited China to join but China refused. Really difficult to say.
Nevertheless, it will take China some time to catch up with the ISS. However, ISS has encountered some problems between the coordination and co-operation between different nations. The U.S. is no longer interested in ISS any more and NASA has published its new vision of Moon and Mars exploration programme. It might be easier for China to build the space station by its own.
By the way, ShenZhou-6 might have to return to earth earlier than expected (from five days down to three days) due to the bad weather in the landing site.
There are several versions of the story about China raking part in ISS. Some said that China expressed willingness to join ISS but was turned down by the U.S., while some others said that U.S. invited China to join but China refused. Really difficult to say.
Nevertheless, it will take China some time to catch up with the ISS. However, ISS has encountered some problems between the coordination and co-operation between different nations. The U.S. is no longer interested in ISS any more and NASA has published its new vision of Moon and Mars exploration programme. It might be easier for China to build the space station by its own.
By the way, ShenZhou-6 might have to return to earth earlier than expected (from five days down to three days) due to the bad weather in the landing site.
Space exploration is one of those programs that's very costly and have llittle actual economic benefit in the short-term. It's hard to justify spending so much money and say "well we might realize gains in 50 or 100 years".
When NASA first propose the space shuttle program, the claimed that per launch cost could be reduced to $100 million USD (adjusted for inflation). Current average launch expenditure for NASA space shuttle is $1.3 billion. The total cost of the NASA shuttle program, to its planned retirement in 2010, is estimated at $174 billion USD total. In comparison, the Russian government's entire space program budget from 2005 to 2015 is 425 billion rubles ($15 billion USD).
Western nations have taken the path of joint-projects to share the cost burden. China's space program is mostly solo, but they use proven technologies from domestic rockets and Russian space program to minimize cost and risk. The PRC government today is not wealthy enough to blow $174 billion like US does with just the NASA shuttle program.
The unfinished Russian Buran 2.01
When NASA first propose the space shuttle program, the claimed that per launch cost could be reduced to $100 million USD (adjusted for inflation). Current average launch expenditure for NASA space shuttle is $1.3 billion. The total cost of the NASA shuttle program, to its planned retirement in 2010, is estimated at $174 billion USD total. In comparison, the Russian government's entire space program budget from 2005 to 2015 is 425 billion rubles ($15 billion USD).
Western nations have taken the path of joint-projects to share the cost burden. China's space program is mostly solo, but they use proven technologies from domestic rockets and Russian space program to minimize cost and risk. The PRC government today is not wealthy enough to blow $174 billion like US does with just the NASA shuttle program.
The unfinished Russian Buran 2.01