'Exploration is a global endeavor, each milestone contributing to humanity's understanding of the universe, and we look forward to China's contributions to increased scientific understanding,' NASA told Newsweek.
why such international cooperation, not just among the U.S., Russia and China but also all the full range of current and prospective space-faring nations, was so crucial.
And though Di Poppo acknowledged the inevitability of competition among nations, she noted that this"has been an important ingredient to drive innovation and advancements," and hoped that"in the future, nations will compete to share their space knowledge data and applications for the benefit of all humankind."
As a result, the treaty that predates the first man walking on the moon continues to set the rules for non-military use in space. UNOOSA, for its part,"works to continue advancing international cooperation for the peaceful uses of outer space in the future," Di Poppi said. U.S. astronaut Daniel"Deke" Slayton meets Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov as their respective spacecrafts, the Apollo and the Soyuz, conduct the first international space rendezvous on July 17, 1975, a date widely seen as having ended the space race of the Cold War. Chinese officials today often accused the U.S. of harboring a"Cold War mentality" against the People's Republic, now Washington's top global competitor.
And while Moscow has been invited to the initiative, Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin has dismissed the Artemis Accords as being"too U.S.-centric." Rogozin also announced last month that Russia ultimately sought to depart the ISS in favor of its own orbital outpost it hopes to launch by 2025.
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