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Beijing has announced plans for a permanent platform that it hopes will be operational by 2022 Jim Bridenstine says US must maintain presence in Earth’s orbit after ISS is decommissioned so Asian superpower does not gain strategic advantage Published: 6:48am, 6:48am, 24 Sep, 2020 Link Copied Post A radar image of China’s Tiangong-1 space station, which ceased operation in 2018. Beijing has announced plans for a permanent space station by 2022. Image: Fraunhofer Institute FHR via AP
