As India on Tuesday stole the march across China by launching a mission to Mars, Beijing called for “joint efforts” to ensure peace in an outer space.
A rocket carrying the Mangalyaan orbiter took off without crew this afternoon, making India the fourth country after the US, Russia and the EU to send probes to Mars. It is expected to orbit the red planet in September next year.
“Outdoor space is shared by all mankind. Every country has the right to peaceful exploration and outdoor use,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei told a statement -medicine in the media when asked about the Mars probe of India.
At the same time, he said, the international community should make concerted efforts to ensure lasting peace and sustainable development of the outer space “.
When asked if China likes India’s space program, Hong said relations between the two countries are on a steady growth path. “Political trust between our two countries has grown and co-operation has expanded,” he said.
However, Chinese official media say that India is making ambitious missions to overcome the country’s space program.
The state-run Global Times criticized India’s daily space program, saying it sent a probe to Mars despite having millions of poor people to take advantage of it. China.
“India has an ambitious goal to lead Asia in this area, especially with an advantage over China,” he said in an editorial titled “India’s space goal offers insight for China “.
“So far, only the US, Russia and the EU have succeeded in exploring Mars. Other efforts to reach Mars, including the Yinghuo-1 mission in China and the Nozomi mission in Japan, have failure.
“Given the severity of India, New Delhi has been able to carry out its Mars exploration program with a budget of just 73 million USD, much less than the spending on China and Japan.” India is facing an environment of complex public opinion about space development, similar to the one that China needs to have, he said.
“India is poor, so is China compared to its Western counterparts. New Delhi has set China as the target, while China sees the advanced rate of the US and Russia as a reference. , “he said.
“China has taken a step forward in the development of space flight technology and a space station. It is already ahead of India,” he said.
In addition to sending probes to the Moon, China is currently building a space station to compete with Russia? Mir, the international space station also used by the USA.
“China is building its strategic power as well as improving their livelihood. Great power is needed to manage overall development. That is why India will not afford to develop space,” the flight of aircraft and nuclear submarines despite the poor situation, “the editor said.
