... deal with the problem at its root, we need to apply a more comprehensive approach.
Evgeniya Drozhashchikh:
Space Economy—Space Security Nexus: In Search for Common Ground
The good news is that it is not too late to start multilateral negotiations on space-related matters. Over the last 20 years, China and Russia promoted the idea of complete demilitarization of outer space. On February 12, 2008, the two nations submitted a draft treaty on banning weapons in outer space to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament. According to Beijing and Moscow, ...
Russia and China as prominent spacefaring nations could contribute to the understanding of the space economy—space security nexus, utilizing existing levers to make space diplomats and space companies agree upon acting in a mutually beneficial, sustainable manner
When we talk ...
... instructed Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin to inspect the country’s space agency Roscosmos.
Alexei Fenenko:
The Moon Was Shining, The Stars Were Bright…
These misfortunes served as a contrasting background for the successes of the newcomers to space. China performed a manned flight and launched a Moon surface probe. India orbited a constellation of polar satellites and launched a space probe of its own. The ESA created small satellites to map the surfaces of the Moon, Mars, and Venus. All these, however,...
... array of small satellites. The mentioned Beidou system made China the third country to arrange transmission of the user’s location.
The immensity and diversity of efforts mounted by the PRC also led to China becoming the third nation to achieve manned space travel: China sent its first
astronaut
into space in 2003, then making a first space walk in 2008 (with astronauts aboard Shenzhou-7). In late 2013 the state
completed
the first since 1976 “lunar soft landing” with the Chang'e-3 craft and its Jade Rabbit ...
... to have developed laser, microwave and beam anti-satellite weapons
[7]
. Its work on laser systems began back in the 1960s, but was later suspended and only
resumed in the 1980s-1990s
(http://www.militaryaerospace.com/news/2014/08/02/space-invaders-china-s-space-warfare-capabilities.html), and was followed by repeated tests over the past decade (
1
,
2
).
davidreneke.com
Shenzou-8 on the launch pad
According to the
U.S. consultancy IHS
, China has been working to develop anti-satellite missile systems ...
... Xinhua portal on Chang'e-3 'and moon rover Yutu for those who do not speak Chinese. The information on this portal is official.
11
. Shenzhou-10: Chinese capsule docks with space laboratory // BBC. 13 June 2013. URL:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-22871325
12
. To date, more than 10 NASA spaceships are currently orbiting Earth, the Moon, Mars, and Saturn, on working the surface of Mars, as well as are on their way to other planets of the Solar System to conduct fundamental research. Another series of scientific missions is being prepared ...
