China's goal is to set up a space program that operates thousands of flights a year and carries tens of thousands of tons of cargo and passengers by 2045, the official Xinhua news agency quoted an official as saying Friday.
China, along with Russia and the United
States, is working to become a major space power by 2030.
Bao Weimin, a senior official at the China
Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, told a conference that the
planned space flight system would be able to meet commercial demands, Xinhua
reported.
He also said that China is striving to
make progress in the required basic technology and build a testing system by
2025.
China has taken steps in recent years to
make space flights more economical. It is developing reusable rockets such as
the Long March 8 and 9, and this month it successfully launched and sent a
reusable spacecraft.
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