Friday, June 30, 2006
BEIJING, China -- China has permitted reporters inside its space launch control room at Aerospace City close to Beijing as part of an attempt to join in the world’s space projects.
The unusual visit by foreign reporters occurred as China seeks way in to the International Space Station, too to assuage fears its space program is driven by military requirements, The Independent reported Thursday.
China's next manned launch -- to engage three astronauts -- is designed for next year, as is the nation’s first satellite launch.
China has said it requirements to discover the moon and build a space station within 15 years and needs to have the technology for a space walk and space wharf by 2012, the newspaper said.
Although senior Chinese scientists persist their nation's space plan is a peaceful one, Western nations are anxious about the program’s military applications, such as spy satellites.
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