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Will Pak-China steam ahead in space tech?



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The launch of China's Chang'e-2 lunar probe


Asia's extraterrestrial ambitions have rocketed from nowhere in the 50 years since the first human space flight, with China shooting for the moon while India and Japan fuel up their own programmes.


Since China in 2003 became the world's third nation to put a man in space independently, after the United States and Russia, its manned space flight programme has earned worldwide attention.


In October, it launched its second lunar probe Chang'e-2 -- the next step in a bold programme to become the second country to put a man on the moon. Beijing also plans to build its own space station.


Wu Weiren, chief designer of China's lunar orbiter project, has said there is no timetable for a manned moon landing, but that it would not happen before 2020, according to comments carried by state media.


China's space programme was launched in the early 1990s, thanks to the acquisition of Russian technology, and has become a symbol of its growing global stature.


The initiative is run by the country's powerful People's Liberation Army, which does not welcome international cooperation -- unlike its regional rival India, which is targeting a manned space mission in 2016.


Fail in the sky: The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle blew up 47 seconds after lift off in December, 2010


"India is totally different from China in that it benefits from technology transfers. Beijing has meanwhile been isolated as it has built up its space programme," said Isabelle Sourbes-Verger, a French expert on China's efforts.


India has also focused on money-making space ventures rather than manned space exploration, according to Sourbes-Verger, who is based at France's National Centre for Scientific Research in Paris.


"They have high-performance Earth observation and telecommunications systems... with a logistics system on the ground to process the data that works very well," she said.


China lags about five years behind India in such areas, but has made major investments to quickly bridge the gap, Sourbes-Verger added.


The explosion of an Indian space rocket in December dented New Delhi's efforts to push further into the market for commercial satellite launches, but its space agency says failures have become stepping stones for success.


"India is recognised as a leader in the application of space technology for the development of the nation," the director of the Indian Space Research Centre (ISRO), S. Satish, told AFP.


Meanwhile, India steps up efforts to send first Indian astronauts by its own craft into space. According to Times of India, India has embarked on a nearly Rs 13,000-crore human space flight programme which envisages developing a fully autonomous orbital vehicle carrying two or three crew members to an altitude of about 300 km in the low-earth orbit and bringing them back after about a week.


Tentatively, ISRO plans to launch the mission in 2016 and the rocket is expected to be the three-stage Geo Synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle.


The first announcement on this programme was made by G Madhavan Nair, former ISRO chief, on August 9, 2007. Though the space agency has been working on this project for the last four years, the government has not yet given the formal green signal.


Space experts fear that if the government does not take a firm decision soon, one should not be surprised if Pakistan beats India at least in the manned space programme area, by sending one of its scientists in a Chinese spacecraft which will be a part of the increasing Sino-Pak space co-operation.

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