25 January 2021
In an op-ed piece for SpaceNews, Dean Cheng of the Washington-based The Heritage Foundation, analyses what drives China's space programme. His emphasis is on the two major aspects: substance in technology and hardware development which supports - and at the same time is interlaced with - symbolism. Taking it from there, he shows what are the implications for U.S. efforts in space and which lessons the U.S. could learn from the Chinese approach.
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