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fromBusiness Insider
5 days ago

US Space Force general says it's 'concerning' just how fast China is closing the gap on the space tech that backs modern armies

After putting 200 satellites into orbit in 2023, it has now doubled its orbital payloads from last year, and it is also building two substantial low-Earth-orbit constellations similar in some ways to Elon Musk's Starlink. These are just a few examples of howChina is speeding through its five-year national strategy for space. Launch vehicles have been expanded, satellites are continually being updated, and launch pads are being built for not just more but also faster missions. It has even tested experimental "dogfighting" satellites.
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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
1 week ago

NASA's Moon Mission Is a Mess, and It May Cost Us the New Space Race

The first Trump administration unveiled its Artemis lunar landing program in 2017, aiming for astronaut boots on the moon in 2024 and an eventual Artemis Base Camp a decade later. These would not be Apollo-style flags-and-footprints sorties but rather longer-duration missions meant to support the construction of an eventual Artemis Base Camp lunar outpost; as such, they require bigger rockets and spacecraftand more complex hardware for surface operations.
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fromAxios
4 weeks ago

Bill Nye leads charge to save NASA science from deep Trump cuts

U.S. funding cuts and potential mass firings jeopardize NASA missions and jobs while China accelerates major planetary programs, prompting advocacy to defend U.S. space science.
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fromFuturism
1 month ago

New Report Finds That China's Space Program Is Rapidly Outstripping NASA

China's government-backed surge in commercial space investment and lunar exploration is eroding U.S. dominance and reshaping global space markets, partnerships, and governance.
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fromArs Technica
1 month ago

A new report finds China's space program will soon equal that of the US

China's commercial and civil space programs are rapidly advancing and may surpass the United States within five to ten years without sustained American action.
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