China's private space exploration industry is booming

[thomdunn]

Originally published at: China's private space exploration industry is booming | Boing Boing

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[GagHalfrunt]

@thomdunn

(Also: I did not realize until now that Chinese astronauts were called “Taikonauts.” Does every country get their own astronaut name? Or is that just an American tradition, some honor we grant to our closest competitors at any point in time, like Cosmonauts?)

Astronaut | Cosmonaut

Astronaut | Taikonaut

[denizen_du_marais]

good I’v had enough of knock off " made in China" moon cakes I want real moon cakes …“made on the moon”.