Reaching for stars will rely on teamwork – Chinadaily.com.cn – China Daily

One lesson from six decades of humanity’s space exploration is that competition is good, and cooperation is better.
Next month is the 60th anniversary of Soviet Union astronaut Yuri Gagarin becoming the first person to journey into outer space, completing an orbit of Earth aboard his Vostok 1 capsule.
The success of his mission was founded on the successful launch four years earlier of Sputnik 1, the first Earth-orbiting satellite in history.
In an era of intense superpower rivalry between the former…

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