Editorial: Washington still waging Cold War in space

This handout image taken and released on Sept 2, 2022, by the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) shows China’s astronauts Chen Dong and Liu Yang returning to their cabin module after successfully completed a six-hour spacewalk. – CMSA/AFP

REGARDING space exploration as an integral part of the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, China has always kept an open attitude to international cooperation and it is committed to using its aerospace technology and space research findings to serve the common good.

In contrast, the United States has never changed its zero-sum approach to space, and has never stopped militarising it. The latest edition of the State of the Space Industrial Base report urges the United States to attract private investment to further its space endeavours, so that it can maintain its superiority in space technology.