07 August 2019
Namrata Goswami is analysing in her article for "The Space Review" how China "has worked to build alliance structures, signed memoranda of understanding, and offered to collaborate on lunar missions with other countries. This is part of Xi’s vision of creating a world order where China not only has capacity but also legitimacy as the country that champions a peaceful and harmonious world order."
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07 August 2019
Ajey Lele is describing in an op-ed for "SpaceNews" what a possible India-China space collaboration could bring and how this could be initiated. "Space could emerge as one arena where both states could make a fresh beginning. ... India and China are both aware of the financial and technological limitations involved in going solo to deep space. At the geopolitical level, space collaboration could help the two nations lessen their differences."
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repost of news from 18 April 2019 - with scans of the CNSA brochure on our Facebook page

China opens Chang'e 6 mission for international payloads - Deadline for applications: 31 August
CNSA announced the cooperation plan for its future Chang'e 6 mission, offering to carry a total of 20 kg of solicited payloads. The orbiter and lander of the Chang'e-6 mission will each reserve 10 kg for payloads, which will be selected from both domestic colleges, universities, private enterprises and foreign scientific research institutions. As the backup of the Chang'e 5 mission, the Chang'e 6 mission will also collect lunar samples automatically for comprehensive analysis and research. Chang'e 6 launch time and landing site will depend on the performance of the Chang'e 5.
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01 August 2019
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of NASA successful landing on the Moon, LEGO and The Harris Poll asked children in the US, UK and in China what their aspirations for the future are. While in the U.S. and the UK 11% said they would like to become an astronaut, in China 56% of the children found this an interesting occupation.
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more details on the survey on the LEGO website: https://www.lego.com/en-us/aboutus/news-room/2019/july/global-space-celebration