UN echoes China's concept in resolutions preventing outer space arms race
03 November 2017
The concept of building a "community of shared future for mankind," proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping, has recently been written into United Nations security resolutions for the first time. The Committee of Disarmament and International Security of the 72nd Session of UN General Assembly on Monday approved two draft resolutions on the prevention of an arms race in outer space: "No first placement of weapons in outer space" and "Further practical measures for the prevention of an arms race in outer space." Both incorporated the concept of building a "community of shared future for mankind."
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China might consider space shuttle project
03 November 2017
China is going to expand its activities in the field of space exploration. China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation will build a new spaceship that is said to conceptually correspond to the Space Shuttle program of the USA or the Buran project of the Soviet Union. In the future, the made-in-China spaceship will be able to take people into space, deliver payload into orbit and then return to Earth. Thus, the Chinese spaceship will most likely be identical to US Space Shuttle and Soviet Buran reusable space vehicles.
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China can become first country to build solar power station in space
03 November 2017
China is expected to be the world's first country to build a practical solar power station in space, as long as it keeps investing in research and development, according to Li Ming, a research fellow from China Academy of Space Technology. "China's entered the top ranks in research of space solar power after decades of research which has significantly narrowed the gap with other leading countries," Li Ming said.
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Roscosmos and CNSA sign space cooperation programme
01 November 2017
Director General of Roscosmos, Igor Komarov and Tang Dengjie, Head of the China National Space Agency (CNSA) signed on 1 November in Beijing the awaited space cooperation programme. The activities comprise the areas of lunar and deep-space research, cooperation for joint spacecraft design, for electronic hardware and space materials, cooperation in the field of Earth observation and space debris.
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