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ISS – ESA Says YesThe ESA supports China’s inclusion into the ISS Jia and Dingding, China Daily, 10 (Chen and Xin, China Daily staff writers, China Daily, “China may become space station partner,” 6-1, http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-06/01/content_9914843.htm, 6-30-11, GJV) BEIJING - The European Space Agency (ESA) supports China's inclusion in the International Space Station (ISS) partnership, the agency's director -general Jean-Jacques Dordain said on Monday. He made the remarks on Monday during the ongoing Global Lunar Conference in Beijing, which is organized by the International Astronautical Federation and the Chinese Society of Astronautics. Dordain said international cooperation on space exploration has been progressing slowly. To achieve more, the partnership needs to be expanded, he said. "I am really willing to support the extension of the partnership of the ISS to China and South Korea. Obviously, this should be a decision by all partners, not the decision by one partner," he said. The ISS is jointly built and run by the United States, Russia, ESA's 11 member countries, Canada, Japan and Brazil. China is excluded from the ISS. But with growing power based on its independent technological development, China is being invited to more international cooperatives in space exploration in recent years. Dordain noted that he was glad to see that on June 3, the first Russian, Chinese and ESA group will participate in the Mars-500 mission. The ESA wants China to join the ISS Long, Writer for SpaceDaily, 01 (Wei, SpaceDaily, “ESA To Help China Join ISS,” 7-29, http://www.spacedaily.com/news/china-01zr.html, 6-30-11, GJV) China may gain access to the International Space Station (ISS) with the help of the European Space Agency (ESA), the Hong Kong-based pro-Beijing newspaper Wen Wei Po reports today (July 28). The newspaper discloses that ESA and the Chinese space agency China National Space Administration (CNSA) have reached "an intention to collaborate" towards admitting China to the ISS project in the near future. According to unnamed sources, ESA will discuss and set the timeline during its ministerial level Council meeting in November in Edinburgh, U.K. The news comes only five days after the newspaper reports that the next unmanned test flight of the Shenzhou manned spacecraft, the Shenzhou-3 mission, would likely take place shortly. As a founding member of the multinational project, ESA's assistance would give China a huge boost to participate in the international space project. On Dec. 27 last year Chinese Minister of Science and Technology Zhu Lilan announced an initiative which would expand China's international scientific cooperation. Among the goals in the initiative is joining the ISS project. ISS – ISS Says YesChina could provide a useful partner in the ISS Rhian, assistant editor at AmericaSpace, 11 (Jason, has degrees in public relations and journalism and completed a NASA ESMD internship, freelance contributor at Space.com, freelance journalist at Interspace News, public relations Director at Omega Envoy – Earthrise Space Inc., Writer and Moderator at Spacevidcast, Universe Today, “Can China enter the international space family?”, January 10, http://www.universetoday.com/82368/can-china-enter-the-international-space-family/, accessed 6/30/11, CW) China is only the third nation (behind Russia and the United States) to have a successful manned space program, having launched its first successful manned space flight in 2003. This first mission only had a single person onboard, and gave the world a new word – ‘taikonaut’ (taikong is the Chinese word for space). The country’s next mission contained two of these taikonauts and took place in 2005. The third and most current manned mission that China has launched was launched in 2008 and held a crew of three. Yang Liwei became the first of China's Taikonaut when he rocketed into orbit in 2003. Photo Credit: Xinhua China has steadily, but surely, built and tested capabilities essential for a robust manned space program. Considering that China very ambitious goals for space this would seem a prudent course of action. China has stated publically that they want to launch a space station and send their taikonauts to the moon – neither of which are small feats. China currently utilizes its Shenzhou spacecraft atop the Long March 2F booster from their Jiuquan facility. However, if China wants to accomplish these goals, they will need a more powerful booster. This has been part of the reason that the U.S. has been hesitant to include China due to concerns about the use of what are known as dual-use technologies (rockets that can launch astronauts can also launch nuclear weapons). Both China's rocket and spacecraft are derived from Soviet Soyuz designs. Photo Credit: Xinhua/Wang Jianmin Some have raised concerns about the nation’s human rights track record. It should be noted however that Russia had similar issues before being included in the International Space Station program. “In the early 1990′s, some at NASA thought having Russian cosmonauts on the Space Shuttle would mean giving away trade secrets to the competition,” said Pat Duggins, author of the book Trailblazing Mars. “It turned out Russian crew capsules saved the International Space Station when the Shuttles were grounded after the Columbia accident in 2003. So, never say never on China, I guess.” Duggins is not the only space expert who feels that China would make a good companion when mankind once again ventures out past low-Earth-orbit. “One of the findings of the Augustine Commission was that the international framework that came out of the ISS program is one of the most important. It should be used and expanded upon for use in international beyond-LEO human space exploration,” said Dr. Leroy Chiao a veteran of four launches and a member of the second Augustine Commission. “My personal belief is that countries like China, which is only the third nation able to launch astronauts, should be included. My hope is that the politics will align soon, to allow such collaboration, using the experience that the US has gained in working with Russia to bring it about.” Not everyone is completely convinced that China will be as valuable an asset as the Russians have proven themselves to be however. “It is an interesting scenario with respect to the Chinese participation in an international effort in space. The U.S. has made some tremendous strides in terms of historical efforts to bridge the gap with the Russians and the results have been superb,” said Robert Springer a two-time space shuttle veteran. “The work that has resulted in the successful completion of the International Space Station is an outstanding testimony to what can be done when political differences are set aside in the interest of International cooperation. So, there is a good model of how to proceed, driven somewhat by economic realities as well as politics. I am not convinced that the economic and political scenario bodes well for similar results with the Chinese. It is a worthwhile goal to pursue, but I am personally not convinced that a similar outcome will be the result, at least not in the current environment.” Directory: files files -> Answer True False 2 points Question 2 files -> Integer programming and game theory files -> 4 Integer Programming files -> Bpa vehicle Window Repair Scenario #1 task: Procure vehicle window relacement. Objective files -> Pop Warner History files -> North Carolina Inclusion Initiative Mapping Where Children with ieps are Being Served Purpose files -> Fall 2013 Spring 2014 Program Data: Standard 1 Exhibit 4d files -> Hanban – asia society confucius classrooms network 2010 request for proposal files -> Northern England’s set-jetting locations Download 0.99 Mb. Share with your friends:
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