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The China Academy of Space Technology said Wednesday that it plans to double the size of China’s Tiangong space station, extending its operational life to more than 15 years and positioning the platform as an alternative to the International Space Station .
The Tiangong became operational in 2022 and is currently a bit less than half the size and about one-sixth the mass of the ISS. The ISS hasChina anticipated more international involvement with the Tiangong station, but hoped-for visits from European Space Agency astronauts did not materialize, and NASA is legally barred from cooperating with the Chinese space program. Chinese state media harangued other nations for being “shortsighted” for denying China’s growing power in space.
CAST representatives in Azerbaijan said Tiangong would be modified to support “large external payloads” and inflatable modules, including human crew habitats, and would be equipped with equipment such as 3D printers, robot arms, and a system for detecting space debris. Another added capability would be docking with the Xuntian orbital space telescope, scheduled for launch in 2024, to perform maintenance and repairs.
The Chinese government is reportedly considering permits for commercial spaceflight projects to use the Tiangong platform, possibly including space tourism. Chinese scientists said more than a hundred research projects are currently in progress aboard the station. One of those projectslighting a candle aboard the station during a live-streamed lecture in late September. Open flame is a difficult proposition in microgravity, and fires are strictly forbidden aboard the ISS under its safety protocols.to host the Polar-2 space telescope mission, a joint project between China, Switzerland, Poland, and Germany.
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