The Shenzhou-Ⅸmission is the first time China has sent a person into space since 2008. It follows a China’s unmanned space docking last November and is the latest step in a 30-year-plan to assemble a space station by around 2020, part of an effort known as Project 921.
When Chinese leaders approved a plan for a space station in 1992, “Chinese space professionals believed they would be latecomers to an expanding human presence in low Earth orbit, ”said Gregory Kulacki, a senior analyst for the Union of Concerned Scientists, in a recent research note. “Ironically, by the time they finish their space station in the early 2020s, the Chinese might be the only people left up there. ”
Washington’s decision to end the shuttle program actually left Russia with the only one ever manned spaceflight. China’s space program, while decades behind the achievements of the U. S. and Russia, has made steady progress in recent years. Its planned space station is expected to come online around 2020, just as the $100 billion International Space Station is expected to cease operation. The U. S. , meanwhile, is hoping the private sector can pick up where the shuttle program left off. (300W)
1. What is special about this manned space docking?
A. This is the first space docking in Chinese history.
B. China sent its first woman into space.
C. It is regarded as proof of the country’s growing power.
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