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Its space programme has "a variety of motivations, ranging from national pride and international prestige to scientific and economic payoffs"
When asked by a reporter last March why China was going to the Moon, he said: "The universe is an ocean, the Moon is the Diaoyu islands, Mars is Huangyan island. If we don't go there now even though we're capable of doing so, then we will be blamed by our descendants. If others go there, then they will take over and you won't be able to go even if you want to. This is reason enough."
Nasa spends US$35.9 billion (S$48.9 billion) a year on its space programme, while China spends only US$4.9 billion.
Qn: Can space research be justified nowadays? (Cam. 2011)
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Its space programme has "a variety of motivations, ranging from national pride and international prestige to scientific and economic payoffs"
When asked by a reporter last March why China was going to the Moon, he said: "The universe is an ocean, the Moon is the Diaoyu islands, Mars is Huangyan island. If we don't go there now even though we're capable of doing so, then we will be blamed by our descendants. If others go there, then they will take over and you won't be able to go even if you want to. This is reason enough."
Nasa spends US$35.9 billion (S$48.9 billion) a year on its space programme, while China spends only US$4.9 billion.
Qn: Can space research be justified nowadays? (Cam. 2011)
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