Thread: Space Palace: China prepares to colonize Universe

Space Palace: China prepares to colonize Universe

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Sep 29, 2011

China is getting ready to launch an unmanned laboratory into space on Thursday, marking the first ambitious step to building the country's very own space station. The experimental module 'Tiangong 1', also known as 'Heavenly palace', will be launched from the Gobi desert in China's northwest. Officials have promised to complete the construction of the station by the end of the decade. The editor of 'News of the cosmonautics magazine' Igor Lisov believes China's exploration of space is fueled by its desire to catch up with other countries.

Chinese ISS? Video of 'Heavenly Palace' launching into orbit

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Sep 29, 2011

FOOTAGE PROVIDED BY CHINA'S STATE BROADCASTER ON BEHALF OF THE BEIJING GOVERNMENT
China on Thursday launched an experimental module to lay the groundwork for a future space station, underscoring its ambitions to become a major space power. The Tiangong-1 module was shot into space from the Jiuquan launch centre on the edge of the Gobi Desert, aboard a Long March 2FT1 rocket. Both President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao were at the launch. After moving the module into orbit, China plans to launch an unmanned Shenzhou 8 spacecraft to practice docking manoeuvres, possibly within the next few weeks. Two more missions, at least one of them manned, are to meet up with the Tiangong-1 next year for further practice, with astronauts - or taikonauts as they're known in China - staying for up to one month. The 8.5-ton module, whose name translates as "Heavenly Palace-1", is to stay aloft for two years, after which two other experimental modules are to be launched for additional tests before the actual station is launched in three sections between 2020 and 2022. The space station, which is yet to be formally named, is the most ambitious project in China's exploration of space, which also calls for landing on the moon, possibly with astronauts.

The Chinese will surpass the USA in space domination. They now have the money to do it with. It came from the trade deficit.