space program. let s get you more on the developments. we go to cnn s steven jung live in bay jipg. tell us about china s space ambitions. this marks another step forward in the chinese space program. and ushering the phase of rue k teen for the self-made space station of the country. the core module entered orbit in 2021. by the end of last year, they completed construction of the t-shaped module structure. there s talk of expanding research capabilities. when the space station daks in the coming hour, we re going to see six chinese astronauts in
officials say the launch of shonda do 16 with a complete success, with crew members on board. they are said to man china space station, taking over from the previous astronaut. let s get you more on this. we can go now to steven jiang live in beijing. good to see steven, tell us about china s the space ambitions. yeah leyla, this latest mission really marks another incremental but major step forward in the country s space program and, this is really noteworthy because when the spacecraft dogs with in about an hour s time, we will actually be seeing six chinese astronauts in that structure and, remember, the country s first manned mission was launched only 20 years ago in 2003. so they have making a lot of progress since then. so this latest crew, the three
goesin five times your investment that goes in and in fact the americans reckon the apollo programme, they got back seven times. this economic multiplier, particularly for this type of high tech industry and investment in satellite construction as well as human space flight is considered a good investment. and his view was to go for it now whilst we are in this difficult period, with the recession is looming, and it is a good investment for infrastructure, space infrastructure, space infrastructure for the future. but compared to the us, it is still hardly anything, isn t it, 19 billion? who knows how much china is spending on its space ambitions. so where does that leave europe? 50 space ambitions. so where does that leave europe? that leave europe? so europe is now number that leave europe? so europe is now number three that leave europe? so europe is now number three in that leave europe? so europe is now number three in terms - that leave europe? so europe is now number three