Perhaps because I have watched some Chinese space content in the past, Youtube did remind me yesterday that the country was about to launch another crew to its space station, with one member destined to stay there a whole year (!).
You can watch a short video about the launch, showing the highly "choreographed for nationalism" way they do things:
The American media seem to pay very little attention to the enormous strides that the Chinese have made in putting humans into space, and all without any major catastrophe (so far).
I've probably mentioned some of this before, but again I will make a few comments about the peculiar aspects of the Chinese programme:
* The technology seems very accomplished, but the pro-patriotism visuals around it look like they are from another, earlier, era.
* The integration of women into the program looks so modern, though. I guess it fits in with old images of Chinese communism having women involved in the fight, too.
* Why does their space station look so neat and tidy inside, compared to the mass of junk everywhere that is the interior of the International Space Station?
* And what research of any use are they doing in their own space station? I have no idea...
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