You have commented 340 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Science & Technology
China aims to finish its first space station by the end of the year: Beijing will launch two new modules to join Tianhe core to complete Tiangong station and will break a national record with 50 rocket launches
2022-02-19
[Daily Mail]

Tiangong
Related:
Tiangong: 2018-06-21 China appears to be preparing to deorbit its Tiangong-2 space lab
Tiangong: 2018-04-02 Tiangong 1 re-enters over South Pacific
Tiangong: 2018-03-07 Aerospace.org: China's Out-of-Control Space Station Will Crash Into Earth in Just Weeks, Likely to Hit Northern U.S. States
Posted by:Skidmark

#2  ISS is a scam. It hasn't done any worthwhile science to speak of. It's hasn't improved cooperation between the US and Russia. It's coming down in 2031, unless it becomes another base closure white elephant. Which is all too likely.

Go somewhere. Or don't go. Don't sell "space stations" as stepping stone to the great beyond. They are not.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-02-19 12:01  

#1  SpaceX alone had 31 last year.

If Starship, Ship, whatever they're calling it this month flies in production, in one year SpaceX could put as much mass into space as humanity has since the beginning of time.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2022-02-19 11:58  

00:00