China launches key module of 'rival' space station30/04/2021|2min
China has launched another craft to develop their own space station as a rival to the International Space Station which China is not allowed to participate in, according to ANU cosmologist and astrophysicist Dr Brad Tucker.
“The United States doesn’t want China to cooperate in the International Space Station, essentially the International Space Station is an agreement between the United States and Russia and other participating countries,” he told Sky News.
Dr Tucker said due to US policies on interacting with the Chinese government and state operatives the country is not “allowed to send astronauts and experiments” up to the station and China wants to build their own to show they can.