ferrel_hadley t1_iy34is1 wrote
>China declared its openness to international partnerships for ILRS and deep space missions at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Paris in September, but Russia was not mentioned in the plans.
The omission of China’s main partner was likely due to sensitivity to the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but the situation poses a dilemma for China in its attempt to broaden its cooperation.
Of the space faring nations, US is out, ESA, JAXA and ROK are all in with Artemis. India is pushing its own program. Russia is in a state of what ever Russia is in at the moment.
There may be someone like Iran or Brazil who might pay for some experiments but most of the big budget nations are all tied into flying with the US now.
tperelli t1_iy3rqul wrote
Brazil signed the Artemis accords too
ObjectiveObserver420 t1_iy3wlmo wrote
The other partner has to be Moscow. Who else has a functioning space agency capable of this mission?
ferrel_hadley t1_iy43wr7 wrote
China does not work like the US, the US allows and encourages partners to build significant portions of the infrastructure. Part of Orion is built by the ESA.
China would need to find a whole new way of doing things. And Russia would need to largely self finance. Nauka was mostly built and took them decades.
We will see how ambitious both are once metal starts getting cut.
Same as with all the new space startups. I will believe it when I see the hardware being fabricated.
Xengard t1_iy5w1a4 wrote
>Of the space faring nations, US is out
it's been out, but that can change. i feel like space industry may grow a lot in the recent future and that may change USA's position. but it cant be known for sure.
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