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The Americans' cheekiness and double-standard logic are indeed rare in the world, and they have spared no effort to suppress China and block Sino-US scientific research cooperation, while they have a shy face and hope that China will share some lunar samples.
According to the global network, on the 1st, Hong Kong media "South China Morning Post" disclosed an internal email from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), saying that NASA has allowed researchers to apply to the China National Space Administration to obtain lunar samples collected by Chang'e-5, and the agency also submitted a written request to the US Congress.
A sample of lunar soil on display in our countryThe wording of this e-mail can be said to vividly show the double standard and self-interest of the United States.
In 2020, Chang'e-5 carried 1After the return of 73 kilograms of lunar samples, China announced in October this year that it would open applications to the world, welcoming scientists from all over the world to jointly research and share results - this should also include NASA, but how did the United States do it?
In 2011, the US Congress passed the notorious"Wolf Clause"., excluding China from cooperation on the International Space Station and banning NASA from cooperating with the Chinese space agency, which as a scientific research institution, did not oppose the political interference in science bill, and NASA Director Nelson was still clamoring at congressional hearings 10 years laterHe supported the perpetuation of the Wolf ActThe United States deserves to be number one.
Nielsen: I support the permanent results of the "Wolf Clause", after seeing that China is willing to share lunar soil with other countries, NASA is red again, and at the end of March this year, NASA Director Nelson also complained to ** that the United States has waited for a year and has not waited for "China to take the initiative to share lunar soil".
But anyone can see that it is not that the Chinese space agency is unwilling to share lunar soil with NASA, after all, according to the current US lawNASA's application to China for lunar soil is already a "repeated attempt on the verge of violating the law."The Chinese side is just trying to prevent NASA from going further and further down the path of "violating the law".
Still, we underestimate the cheekiness of the Americans. In order to obtain Chinese lunar soil, NASA can now even give the "green light" to the lawThe email did not talk about the "Wolf Clause", but found several high-profile reasons, such as claiming that this application is only an "exception", and that the lunar soil excavated by Chang'e-5 has "unique value" and can help NASA formulate future lunar exploration plans, and so on.
The moment Chang'e-5 landed on the moon, judging from the wording of the email, it is very likely that the US Congress has approved NASA's application. But of course,It's one thing for NASA to apply, and then it's another for our country to be willing to shareAfter all, as the email said, this is only an "exception", and the restrictions on Sino-US space cooperation under the "Wolf Clause" have not been lifted.
Now NASA has fallen to this point, and it is completely self-inflicted. In the past, China and the United States also had a history of cooperation in space exploration territoryAs early as 1978, the United States donated 1 gram of lunar soil sample to ChinaLay the foundation for China's lunar exploration program and related theoretical research.
But the irony is that the United States has always boasted that "science has no borders", but what it has done has confirmed that "science has national borders". After seeing the progress of China's space industry, the United States immediately cut off scientific research cooperation with China, and the "Wolf Clause" not only excluded China from the International Space Station project, but even banned all NASA facilities from receiving so-called "official Chinese visitors".
Conceptual diagram of China's lunar exploration spacecraftChina's attitude towards cooperation in the space field has always been the pursuit of openness and win-win resultsAfter the completion of the Tiangong space station, China has received 42 project proposals from 27 countries, involving many fields such as aerospace medicine, space materials science and earth science, and the training of foreign astronauts stationed in the space station has gradually been put on the agenda.
On the other hand, in recent years, NASA's attitude towards cooperation in related fields has become more and more politicized, forming factions in the international space exploration and lunar exploration program, and trying to bring the geopolitical "small circle" to space.
China's officials often say, "The earth is vast enough to accommodate the common prosperity of China and the United States";Again,The vastness of space also allows China and the United States to set sail separatelyBut now it's not that China can't accept the United States, it's that the United States can't tolerate China going into space.