SCIO briefing on China's Tiangong 2 and Shenzhou 11 manned space mission

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Speakers:
Wang Zhaoyao, director of China's Manned Space Program Office, Gao Ming, director of the Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization, Yang Baohua, deputy manager of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, Li Jian, director of the Beijing Aerospace Control Center, Huang Weifen, deputy chief designer of the Chinese Astronaut Research and Training Center.

Chairperson:
Hu Kaihong, vice director-general of the Press Bureau, State Council Information Office

Date:
Nov.18, 2016

Phoenix TV:

After the establishment of the space station, the Three-Step Development Strategy will have been completely achieved. What's the next target for our manned space flight? When can we achieve lunar landing? Thanks.

Wang Zhaoyao:

After 20 years of construction and development, China has already become a country with independent capability to carry out manned space flight missions. Clearly, there is still some distance in terms of overall technology and ability in manned space flight between China and earlier pioneer countries. For example, the frequency and scale of manned space flight activities, in-orbit maintenance time and range of activity, and the scale of space application tests are still very limited. In general, we are still at the elementary development stage.

As the construction of Chinese space station moves forward steadily, the main objectives of the Three-Step Development Strategy will be achieved completely around 2020. For the lunar landing you just mentioned, we are still comparing different proposals. The general idea is that we will follow a manned lunar landing exploration road with Chinese characteristics. We will be happy to share with you when we have any new result in this regard. Thank you.

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