China has invested massively in its space capabilities in recent years and is now a major competitor with the US. But according to a space policy expert, the US still dominates space by most measures.
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China has completed construction of the Tiangong space station, and science projects are now underway. The station is an important piece of China’s ambitious plans for space activity in coming years.
A comment by Bill Nelson, the NASA administrator, sparked a strong public response from the Chinese government. But due to legal and practical reasons, no country could take over the Moon anytime soon.
If the mission goes well, private company Axiom Space will move on to building a space station.
NASA is backing four commercial space station projects. The newcomers may find they have much to learn about how people really live in space.
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Assistant Professor of Space and International Relations, Johns Hopkins University
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Professor of Business Law and Ethics, Indiana University
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Senior Lecturer in Physics, Nottingham Trent University
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Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University
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Assistant Professor, West Space Seminar, Air University, Air University
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Space Governance, Indiana University
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