Posted on 08/23/2006 6:56:39 PM PDT by KevinDavis
NASA’s Mike Griffin is set for his own personal space travel trek next month, flying overseas to Russia, Japan, and China.
Last April, during the visit of China’s President Hu Jintao to the United States, the Chinese extended an invitation to Griffin to tour their space facilities. “President Bush accepted that invitation, so the plan is that I will go. I’m looking forward to it,” he told SPACE.com.
As far as hopes and expectations of the meeting, Griffin said: “I’m not really setting expectations. It’s a get acquainted visit. There are no pre-conditions on either side. There are no demands being placed. It’s a get acquainted visit to see where we might go and in forging cooperative ties with China.”
This will be the first visit ever by someone at the NASA Administrator government level to China to discuss space cooperation, Griffin said. “To set expectations and conditions for such a visit would be foolish…let’s go and see.”
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China wants us to outsource our space program... /sarc
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