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Thread: The New Red Scare — Avoiding a Space Race With China
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[quote=FRANKENSTEIN,321820]China is planning to conduct its first spacewalk in October from a Shenzhou VII spacecraft. The mission will carry three crew members, two of whom will move into the newly created EVA (extra-vehicular activity) airlock at the top of the Soyuz-like vehicle. American Wire news published an article titled The New Red Scare — Avoiding a Space Race With China. The article says it’s another show-off of China’s power after the display of greatness during Beijing Olympics. Here are some excerpts and resume: In the wake of the pageantry and sheer enormity of the Beijing Olympics, China is getting ready for its next beautifully scripted display of power and prestige: Its first space walk will be televised live by mid-October. One of these crew members will wear a newly designed Chinese EVA space suit, of which the country is very proud. The suit has been tested in a vacuum chamber and on weightless parabolic flights, but in case it fails, the second EVA crew member will remain safely in the airlock in a Russian suit, ready to rescue him. If China does have trouble with the suit, they won't be the first. Both the United States and Russia had trouble with their early EVA suits, and the first space shuttle EVA was scrubbed when both spacesuits failed in the airlock on STS-5. A slightly snarky look at prevailing attitudes toward China's up-and-coming space program: "Many have dismissed the Chinese human space program as relying on outdated technology borrowed from the Russians, while others have latched onto the young program hoping to galvanize the United States into a 1960s-style space fervor through fear. Sometimes the idea of a new space race seems exciting. After all, you get all the drama and excitement of the United States spending an extra percent or two of the U.S. Treasury on flashy and intimidating space missions, of everyone rising up to the challenge of beating a common enemy and of the final crushing victory when we land the first woman on the moon. But don't get caught up in the hype." Do you think the western media overrate China’s power? [/quote]
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