On May 3, during the May Day holiday, there was a succession of good news, first 003 conducted sea trials, and only two days later, Chang'e-6 was launched.
How can I say that? There is a jubilant voice at home about China's demonstrated scientific and technological strength, but it does not feel like this is the case for foreign countries, especially countries that have a scientific and technological dispute with China.
To describe this feeling in a Chinese idiom, that is, "a few families are happy, a few families are sad", and in addition to the Chinese, there are at least four other countries who are happy.
Although Chang'e-6 is a lunar probe independently developed by China, in the spirit of international cooperation, Chang'e-6 carried lunar probes from four countries to the moon together.
The four countries are Pakistan, Italy, Sweden and France. I think people from these countries are also happy to see China's strong science and technology, and share scientific and technological achievements with them. For some countries, however, this is not the case.
Is it correct that the European and American media regard China's moon landing as a "space race"?
No, just after the successful launch of China's Chang'e-6, foreign media published articles, and in their seemingly fair attitude, they could see the "sourness", and felt a sense of helplessness from the sourness, and they were also worried about it.
The title of the article can be seen with bad intentions: "As the space race with the United States heats up, China launches lunar probe".
In fact, the space race is already a product of the last century. The space race was a contest of national strength and scientific and technological strength between the United States and the Soviet Union, and the success of the Apollo program on the moon meant that the United States won the space race.
Strictly speaking, the space race is a special product of the Cold War period, and Western countries, mainly Britain and the United States, always regard China's moon landing as another "space race".
In fact, whether it is the China Space Administration or the people, the matter of China's moon landing is rarely regarded as a "space race" but a "space competition".
Mainland astronauts have also expressed the same view on many occasions in public: China has no intention of engaging in a space race with the United States, but judging from the current situation, it does have a relationship with the United States in space competition.
When many people hear this, they may not understand that there is only one word difference between "space race" and "space competition", and they are both competitions of some kind of scientific and technological strength, is it so important?
It's really important, and you can see that there is a significant difference between the two in the literal sense of the word.
Competition, usually refers to an organized activity in which participants demonstrate their skills and abilities through competition through empowerment within the organization. For example, sports competitions are in which each country trains athletes through its own national strength, and then allows these athletes to compete in sports events for skills and abilities, and then win glory for the country and enhance the country's image.
Competitions are usually between multiple organizations that set rules and goals for each other, and participants compete in the rules and goals they set, and the first to reach the goal will win the eventual victory.
Competition is an attempt by an individual or group to surpass each other psychologically and behaviorally in the direction of progress. It is not necessarily a group behavior of the organization, and individuals also spontaneously have this behavior pattern, which not only exists in human beings, but also in the biological world, which can be said to be an instinctive behavior of living beings.
The purpose of competition is to gain greater advantages, occupy a favorable position and achieve their goals, some healthy competition, can produce a positive effect, make people excited, forge ahead, more firm in their goals, and work hard for it.
From the different meanings of the above two words, it can be seen that competition emphasizes organized confrontation more generally, while competition refers more broadly to the behavior of people competing with each other in various fields.
Therefore, judging from the current space programs formulated by China and the United States, there is no "competition" at all, and I think every Chinese will not have this kind of thinking, we recognize the objective competitive relationship, but do not recognize the competitive relationship.
The use of such words by some media in Europe and the United States is obviously intended to draw China into the situation of the former Soviet Union, but it is not certain who was the former "Soviet Union" and who was the former "United States" in the real space race?
Why is NASA Administrator concerned about China's moon landing?
China first published a timetable for lunar exploration around 2000, when China had just launched manned spaceflight and Shenzhou 5 had just returned.
For such a latecomer, a latecomer at least 30 years later than the United States and Russia in the space program, the two countries at that time were dismissive of it.
However, China has made steady progress in the field of aerospace, moving firmly towards the goals set by itself, and achieving its goals one by one, not only independently building its own space station, but also achieving a Mars walk, and more importantly, the success rate of landing on the moon and the moon has reached 100%, which is unimaginable for the 50% success rate of other countries on the moon.
China's moon landing not only gave Chinese a strong confidence, but also gave foreign countries the impression that the goals set by China in the space program, no matter how difficult, will definitely be achieved. Moreover, it is achieved within the specified time.
Therefore, after China formulated a manned lunar landing program and established a lunar research station, it put strong psychological pressure on Europe and the United States. Because judging from China's past actions on the moon landing, it will definitely do it, and it will do it within the specified time.
In 2024, Chang'e-6 will be launched, in addition to important scientific research tasks, there is also a task, that is, to conduct technical demonstrations of manned lunar landing technology, and Chinese astronauts will also perform the same steps as Chang'e-6 when they land on the moon in the future.
In 2026, China will launch Chang'e-7, which aims to find resources on the moon, including the basic conditions for a scientific research station on the moon.
In 2028, China will launch Chang'e-8, this time to study the feasibility of building a base on the moon and how to use materials on the moon to build a solid and comfortable base.
In 2030, after the previous exploration and technology accumulation on the moon, the most important step of China's lunar exploration will be realized, that is, a manned landing on the moon.
China's timetable has been given, without the slightest concealment, and it is clearly told to competitors that this is equivalent to a "clear card".
Feeling the pressure from China, NASA began to be uneasy, making some ridiculous remarks, first threatening China in 2023: "If China takes the lead in the moon landing, there will be serious consequences." ”
NASA Administrator once expressed his concern in an interview, worried about China's success in landing on the moon, he once said: "That will be China's right to show off, that will be an outstanding achievement." Of course, we hope that doesn't happen. ”
It can be seen that every time China's Chang'e is launched, NASA and the European and American media will be lost once, and there is no way but to watch China achieve its goal of landing on the moon step by step.
Epilogue:
Compared with 50 years ago, the United States seems to have fallen behind in the matter of landing on the moon, and the United States in the past seems to be a little powerless in the face of China's steady progress in aerospace, and can only pay lip service for a while.
And now China seems to be in the position that the United States once was, and the United States seems to be in the position of the Soviet Union at that time. The United States had been in a backward position until the successful moon landing, which completely left the Soviet Union behind.
After the Soviet Union failed in its attempt to land on the moon, it lost the space race, and its national power began to regress until it collapsed with a bang. All this can be seen as a turning point in history. I wonder if China's successful manned landing on the moon means that China has begun to surpass the United States, and whether the United States will follow the old path of the Soviet Union and collapse one day?
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