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China Leaders See Space Program As An Investment, Not As A Gigantic Expense As U.S. Lawmakers Do

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Monday, October 13th, 2008

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With Space Program, China Sees Military, Economic, Political Gains; China Makes Careful But Large Moves China sees its space program as an investment, not as an unwelcome budgetary outlay, a panel of experts said at a forum of The Heritage Foundation, a conservative Washington think tank. For China, its space program provides military, economic and political gains, along with making China a respected major power in the eyes of many nations around the globe, the experts said. The panel included…

Space

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Congress

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Pentagon

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Congress

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