JimO: "Chinese space advances benefit everyone"

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Raymond Chuang wrote:
...And if the Chinese can build a
Proton-class launcher, the Chinese might even provide launch services for
future ISS expansion modules after 2010.

They already have a Proton-class launcher, the Long March 3B. Whether
they feel like donating launches to ISS, or would rather build their own
station, is a different question.
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I'm afraid the US Guv won't allow the Chinese anywhere near ISS. Darn it.
China didn't sign up to participate. The US fears China's power and doesn't
want her to see how we do our tinkertoy in space.
However, Chinese space advances WILL benefit everyone because those advances
will scare the US Guv into spending more on manned exploration so that we can
keep ahead of China.
I think that that means that we'll get a manned base on Luna much much
earlier than we would've gotten without the Chinese competition.
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"Henry Spencer" wrote in message
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They already have a Proton-class launcher, the Long March 3B. Whether
they feel like donating launches to ISS, or would rather build their own
station, is a different question.

The fact there hasn't been a Long March 3B launch since 1998 tells me they
are some time from trying to man-rate the Long March 3B(A) rocket, which
would be necessary for at least a circumlunar mission (one trip around the
Moon and back).

Any serious attempt at a Moon mission using Shenzhou will probably require
the Long March Next Generation Launch Vehicle (NGLV) that will probably
start testing just before 2010.

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Raymond Chuang
Sacramento, CA USA