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South Korea needs to stick spurs in space technology development
SEOUL (Yonhap) - China has set a milestone in its history of space development by successfully launching the first module of its planned orbiting space lab. Beijing said its unmanned Tiangong-1 module was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the country's northwest and was carried into orbit Thursday by a Long March-2FT1 rocket. The Tiangong-1 module will test dock with another spacecraft to be launched this year, China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
The test will pave the way for China to become the third country in the world to operate a permanent space station around 2020, Xinhua said. The Tiangong-1 will orbit Earth for about a month, awaiting the launch of a Shenzhou-8 unmanned spacecraft. Once the two vehicles successfully rendezvous, they will conduct the first space docking.
After two docking tests with the Shenzhou-8, China plans to send the Shenzhou-9 and Shenzhou-10 to the Tiangong-1 in the next two years. The Shenzhou-10 could possibly carry a female astronaut, according to the plan for China's manned space program.
If the astronaut in the Shenzhou-10 mission succeeds with the manual space docking, China will become the third nation after the United States and Russia to master the technology, Xinhua said.
The 8.5-ton Tiangong-1, 10.4 meters long with a diameter of 3.35 meters, will be able to provide room for two to three astronauts to live and work.
By successfully launching the Tiangong-1 two days before its foundation anniversary on Saturday, China has once again displayed its status as a "space power."
The launch of the space lab module is attracting keen attention from countries around the world with Beijing's recent progress in science and military technologies, including the development of a stealth fighter jet and test operation of an aircraft carrier.
China has shown remarkable progress in every field of space development like exploration of the moon and Mars and the building of a satellite positioning system.
China's remarkable progress in space technology makes us examine the status of our science and technology development, especially space development. Seoul will launch the Arirang No. 5 satellite in November this year from a Russian space center. It will be South Korea's 14th satellite to be taken into outer space since the country launched its first satellite in August 1992. Still, the country has not acquired its own rocket technology.
The failed launch of the Naro-2 satellite last year is still vivid in our memory. The ill-fated satellite exploded during a launch on a Russian-made rocket. The government has set 2021 as its goal for the completion of its technology development for a localized rocket, but it is said to be way behind schedule.
The government should put its policy priority on the development of original technologies, including space technology, in order to provide momentum for national security and economic development.
The test will pave the way for China to become the third country in the world to operate a permanent space station around 2020, Xinhua said. The Tiangong-1 will orbit Earth for about a month, awaiting the launch of a Shenzhou-8 unmanned spacecraft. Once the two vehicles successfully rendezvous, they will conduct the first space docking.
After two docking tests with the Shenzhou-8, China plans to send the Shenzhou-9 and Shenzhou-10 to the Tiangong-1 in the next two years. The Shenzhou-10 could possibly carry a female astronaut, according to the plan for China's manned space program.
If the astronaut in the Shenzhou-10 mission succeeds with the manual space docking, China will become the third nation after the United States and Russia to master the technology, Xinhua said.
The 8.5-ton Tiangong-1, 10.4 meters long with a diameter of 3.35 meters, will be able to provide room for two to three astronauts to live and work.
By successfully launching the Tiangong-1 two days before its foundation anniversary on Saturday, China has once again displayed its status as a "space power."
The launch of the space lab module is attracting keen attention from countries around the world with Beijing's recent progress in science and military technologies, including the development of a stealth fighter jet and test operation of an aircraft carrier.
China has shown remarkable progress in every field of space development like exploration of the moon and Mars and the building of a satellite positioning system.
China's remarkable progress in space technology makes us examine the status of our science and technology development, especially space development. Seoul will launch the Arirang No. 5 satellite in November this year from a Russian space center. It will be South Korea's 14th satellite to be taken into outer space since the country launched its first satellite in August 1992. Still, the country has not acquired its own rocket technology.
The failed launch of the Naro-2 satellite last year is still vivid in our memory. The ill-fated satellite exploded during a launch on a Russian-made rocket. The government has set 2021 as its goal for the completion of its technology development for a localized rocket, but it is said to be way behind schedule.
The government should put its policy priority on the development of original technologies, including space technology, in order to provide momentum for national security and economic development.
