BEIJING: China, the third nation after the United States and the Soviet Union to send a man into space, will build ground stations in Antarctica to support its network of ocean monitoring satellites, according to state media on Thursday. As China's global network of ground stations supports an increasing number of satellites and space ambitions, some nations have expressed concern that it could be used for espionage. China vigorously disputes this assertion. In 2020, Sweden's state-owned space company declined to renew contracts with China or accept new Chinese business due to "changes" in geopolitics. The company had previously provided ground stations that aided in the data transmission and flight of Chinese spacecraft. According to state-controlled China Space News, China Aerospace Science and Technology Group Co. won the tender with a bid of 43.95 million yuan, or $6.53 million, and will construct the stations at the Zhongshan research base, one of two permanent Chinese research stations on Antarctica. Although there was no technical information about the project in the report, there were two illustrations of an artist's rendering of four ground stations at Zhongshan, which is near Prydz Bay in East Antarctica, south of the Indian Ocean. China Space News says that the project was one part of a larger effort to make China a marine power and build its marine economy. A Chinese-built ground station in Argentina's Patagonia has raised questions about its purpose, despite China's assurance that the station's objective is peaceful space observation and spacecraft missions. India, concerned about possible spying, strongly opposed the docking of a Chinese military survey ship at the Chinese-built port of Hambantota in Sri Lanka last year, which is said to monitor satellite, rocket, and missile launches. In October, China's space station's third and final module was launched, making it the second permanently inhabited outpost in low-earth orbit after the International Space Station, which is led by NASA. In their lawsuit against Musk, Tesla shareholders sought billions of dollars in compensation. Musk's unfiltered tweeting style has elevated the Tesla brand and made him a hero to many. Alex Spiro, his attorney, told the jury that the tweet that said "funding secured" was only technically incorrect after he vigorously defended himself against claims that he had lied to the court. "Who cares about using the wrong word?" During the closing arguments, Spiro stated. In accordance with a consent agreement that Musk has unsuccessfully fought to lift, the tweets led to Tesla and Musk paying $40 million to settle civil charges brought by the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Adam Pritchard, a law professor at the University of Michigan, stated, "He doesn't want to play by the SEC rules as the SEC understands them, and the SEC doesn't want to be perceived as backing down." I anticipate that their difficulties will continue. However, many analysts stated that Musk, who has tweeted more than 22,000 times and has approximately 128 million followers on Twitter, has no reason to slow down right now. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1621653950947799042?s=20&t=rAI6x8ue5OIE7IiMYwJN9Q Kim Forrest, Bokeh Capital Partners' chief investment officer, stated, "Many people, when confronted by a lawsuit of this type would have dialed back tweeting." However, in the Twitter deal, that was not the case. Forrest stated, "Musk seems to live by his own rules, or so it seems."
BEIJING: China, the third nation after the United States and the Soviet Union to send a man into space, will build ground stations in Antarctica to support its network of ocean monitoring satellites, according to state media on Thursday.
As China’s global network of ground stations supports an increasing number of satellites and space ambitions, some nations have expressed concern that it could be used for espionage. China vigorously disputes this assertion.
In 2020, Sweden’s state-owned space company declined to renew contracts with China or accept new Chinese business due to “changes” in geopolitics. The company had previously provided ground stations that aided in the data transmission and flight of Chinese spacecraft.
According to state-controlled China Space News, China Aerospace Science and Technology Group Co. won the tender with a bid of 43.95 million yuan, or $6.53 million, and will construct the stations at the Zhongshan research base, one of two permanent Chinese research stations on Antarctica.
Although there was no technical information about the project in the report, there were two illustrations of an artist’s rendering of four ground stations at Zhongshan, which is near Prydz Bay in East Antarctica, south of the Indian Ocean.
China Space News says that the project was one part of a larger effort to make China a marine power and build its marine economy.
A Chinese-built ground station in Argentina’s Patagonia has raised questions about its purpose, despite China’s assurance that the station’s objective is peaceful space observation and spacecraft missions.
India, concerned about possible spying, strongly opposed the docking of a Chinese military survey ship at the Chinese-built port of Hambantota in Sri Lanka last year, which is said to monitor satellite, rocket, and missile launches.
In October, China’s space station’s third and final module was launched, making it the second permanently inhabited outpost in low-earth orbit after the International Space Station, which is led by NASA. In their lawsuit against Musk, Tesla shareholders sought billions of dollars in compensation.
Musk’s unfiltered tweeting style has elevated the Tesla brand and made him a hero to many.
Alex Spiro, his attorney, told the jury that the tweet that said “funding secured” was only technically incorrect after he vigorously defended himself against claims that he had lied to the court.
“Who cares about using the wrong word?” During the closing arguments, Spiro stated.
In accordance with a consent agreement that Musk has unsuccessfully fought to lift, the tweets led to Tesla and Musk paying $40 million to settle civil charges brought by the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
Adam Pritchard, a law professor at the University of Michigan, stated, “He doesn’t want to play by the SEC rules as the SEC understands them, and the SEC doesn’t want to be perceived as backing down.” I anticipate that their difficulties will continue.
However, many analysts stated that Musk, who has tweeted more than 22,000 times and has approximately 128 million followers on Twitter, has no reason to slow down right now.
Kim Forrest, Bokeh Capital Partners’ chief investment officer, stated, “Many people, when confronted by a lawsuit of this type would have dialed back tweeting.” However, in the Twitter deal, that was not the case.
Forrest stated, “Musk seems to live by his own rules, or so it seems.”
