30 March 2020
West-East Space blog (https://westeastspace.com/) reposted the article by Denis Kalinin "China Space Station - is it worth it?". Kalinin tries to evaluate whether the efforts of having its own space station will pay off for China. He looks into the motivations by the Soviet Union to establish a permanent presence in space and compares it with China's situation.
He concludes that a direct return-of-investment is not the main driver rather the promotion of progress in science and technology, soft diplomacy and political influence, international cooperation, and national security.
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