17 July 2015
On the 40th anniversary of the Soyuz-Apollo Test Project, Moon walker Edwin Aldrin is raising his voice to call for more "handshakes in space". In an comment for "Time" magazine, Aldrin explicitly stresses that international space cooperation needs China: "I was heartened to see recent movement in opening up U.S.-China discussion on a number of space-related matters." He added that "the U.S. and China decided to establish regular bilateral government-to-government consultations on civil space cooperation. The first U.S.-China Civil Space Cooperation Dialogue is to take place in China before the end of October."
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