Posted on 07/18/2006 5:46:45 PM PDT by KevinDavis
China’s space program, and its potential to be an adversary or ally to American space efforts, has been the subject in recent months of considerable debate, informed or otherwise. It’s the “otherwise” that has been the problem: much of the debate has been based on limited or inaccurate information about Chinese space efforts, onto which people apply their own perceptions—and misconceptions—about China in general. Such an approach can be a hazardous way to set policy.
Stepping into this debate are two key members of the Congress, Reps. Mark Kirk and Rick Larsen. The two serve as co-chairs of the US-China Working Group in the House of Representatives and visited China earlier this year, including making a rare visit to the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, the remote spaceport from which China conducts its manned launches. At a forum last week organized by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Kirk and Larsen shared their assessments of both China’s space program and their colleagues’ attitudes towards it.
(Excerpt) Read more at thespacereview.com ...
Sounds like a jobs program for lobbyists on behalf of the ChiComms.
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