Towards a Space Age, China and India
Chinese astronauts, Zhai Zhigang, above the Earth’s orbit
September 2008
China, in September 2008 has become the nation’s 3rd
in the history of the astronauts conduct space-walk, walk in space.
With all the progress, China is very eager to pursue the American in the race to master space. To popularize its space program, China has built cities “Space”, Space Cities, namely Dong Feng Space City (Base 20), Beijing Space City, Wenchang City Space, Space City Shanghai, Yantai Space City, and Guizhou Space City (Base 061).
The astronauts are highly revered great in China
Budget for the space program China has now surpassed U.S. $ 1 billion. This is just less than a tenth of NASA’s budget (U.S. $ 16 billion), but with the speed of China’s economic growth (and foreign exchange reserves of 2 trillion dollars!), Is not impossible that China will eventually become the nation’s first American precede the return reaches the Moon in the 21st Century (2020).
China will also soon launch its space station Tiangong-1 (Palace in Space, Heavenly Palace) next year, around the end of 2011.
The launch of Shenzhou 7 rocket China, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, 21:10 pm, 25 September 2008.