“They’re going to offer that up as one of the benefits of being on China’s side in this great power competition: ‘You don’t have to rely on the United States for these sorts of things’,” said Oriana Skylar Mastro, center fellow at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. One took place in the Gobi Desert in June under the auspices of CASC’s Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, which has an ambitious 2025 target for a first flight to space with a reusable rocket. But while China’s government has been very supportive of the sector, it remains to be seen if the country can nurture a national champion capable of beating SpaceX at its own game, said Jianwei Li, managing partner of Zhencheng Capital, a Chinese venture capital company in Beijing that an investor in Deep Blue.
Author: Bloomberg News
Published at: 2024-09-11 22:46:42
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