Science
China and India challenging old duopoly to create a new space order – ABC News
At a time of heightened political tensions between China and the West, space is emerging as an important front in the geopolitical struggle brewing between the…
Space has been one of the few remaining realms where the US and Russia have cooperated effectively in recent times, but that is about to change.
Key points:
- China hopes to land its Tianwen-1 probe on Mars in May
- If successful, China would become only the second country to land a rover on the red planet
- Beijing wants to be seen an alternative to a “Western international space order”, experts say
The Russian space agency has announced its intentions to work with China to build a “lunar space station”,…
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