Such accusations "do not take into account the facts at all," the department noted
BEIJING, August 1. /tass/. The Chinese Foreign Ministry considers unprofessional criticism of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) regarding the launch of launch vehicles of the PRC into orbit, since such accusations "do not take into account the facts at all." This was stated on Monday by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian.
"The accusations made against China by American officials and so-called US experts are extremely unprofessional and absolutely do not take into account the real facts," he said at a briefing.
According to the Chinese diplomat, the Administration of the Manned Space Flight Program of the People's Republic of China keeps the world community informed about its projects and also publishes relevant information on its website in a timely manner. "I want to emphasize that during the peaceful exploration of outer space, we always take into account international legislation and act in accordance with generally accepted rules," he added.
As the head of NASA Bill Nelson said on Saturday in connection with the return to the Earth's atmosphere of the stage of the Chinese carrier rocket CZ-5B, the Chinese authorities should share with other space powers information about the flight path of their launch vehicles to avoid possible casualties and material damage. According to him, all countries should exchange such data in advance, which will avoid risks.
The stage of the CZ-5B launch vehicle, with which the laboratory module of the Wentian orbital station was launched, returned to the Earth's atmosphere on July 31 at 00:55 Beijing time (19:55 Moscow time on Saturday) and burned up in it. Individual fragments fell near the Philippines in the waters of the Sulu Sea with coordinates of 119 degrees east longitude and 9.1 degrees north latitude.
