Urhulumente we iTshayina uye wafuna ukuba amagosa ase-US eWashington athathe "amanyathelo akhawulezayo" kwaye athathe amanyathelo okuthintela 'ingozi' ukungqubana phakathi kweChina Space Station (CSS) kunye ne-US SpaceX. Starlink iisathelayithi.
Iimfuno zaseTshayina zeza emva kukaElon Musk Starlink Iisathelayithi kutyholwa ukuba 'zaphantse zantlitheka' kwisikhululo esitsha saseBeijing, njengoko ibango laseBeijing, lityhola iWashington ngokungakhathali kunye nohanahaniso.
Isithethi seSebe lezangaphandle laseTshayina uZhao Lijian uqinisekisile ukuba ilizwe lakhe lifake isikhalazo esisemthethweni kwiZizwe eziManyeneyo. Ucele i-US ukuba ithathe amanyathelo akhawulezileyo ukunqanda iingozi ezifanayo kwixesha elizayo.
“IUnited States izibanga ixhasa ingcamango ‘yokuziphatha kakuhle kwindawo engaphandle,’ kodwa yazibetha ngoyaba izibophelelo zayo zesivumelwano yaza yalubeka esichengeni ukhuseleko koosomajukujuku [bamaTshayina]. Lo ngumgangatho ophindwe kabini, ”utshilo uZhao, ebhekisa kwiSivumelwano sangaphandle se-1967, esenza umqolo womthetho wamazwe ngamazwe kwindawo.
Ngokutsho kwegosa laseTshayina, iWashington kufuneka ilandele "amanyathelo akhawulezileyo okuthintela ezo ziganeko ukuba zingaphindi," kunye "nokuthatha uxanduva lokukhusela oosomajukujuku be-orbit kunye nokusebenza ngokukhuselekileyo nangokuzinzileyo kwezixhobo zasemkhathini."
UZhao unyanzelise ukuba iWashington inoxanduva ngokuthe ngqo kwi-SpaceX, echaza ukuba abadlali bakarhulumente "banoxanduva lwamazwe ngamazwe kwimisebenzi yelizwe kwindawo engaphandle eyenziwa ziinkampani zabo zabucala."
I-Beijing iqale yabhengeza isikhalazo sayo kwi-UN ekuqaleni kwale veki, ityhola ukuba ababini kwabamalunga ne-1,700 Starlink Iisathelayithi ezifakwe kwi-orbit yifemu ye-aerospace ye-Musk yaphantse yabetha i-CSS ngo-2021 izihlandlo ezibini, inyanzela abasebenzi besikhululo ukuba benze "ubuchule bokubaleka" omabini amaxesha.
Igqiza laseTshayina le-UN lithe i-Starlink satellites "inokuba yingozi kubomi okanye kwimpilo yoosomajukujuku" ukuba abagcinwanga.
Ngelixa izixhobo ze-SpaceX zixhotyiswe ngetekhnoloji yokuthintela ukungqubana kunye nezinye iziphekepheke akufuneki ziphume endleleni yazo, iTshayina ifuna iziqinisekiso ezingcono kwi-SpaceX kunye 'namaqabane ayo kurhulumente wase-US.'
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- “The US claims to be a strong advocate of the concept of ‘responsible behavior in outer space,' but it disregarded its treaty obligations and posed a grave threat to the safety of [Chinese] astronauts.
- Beijing first announced its complaint to the UN earlier this week, alleging that two of approximately 1,700 Starlink satellites put into orbit by Musk's aerospace firm had nearly struck the CSS in 2021 on two occasions, forcing the station's crew to perform an “evasive maneuver” both times.
- Igqiza laseTshayina le-UN lithe i-Starlink satellites "inokuba yingozi kubomi okanye kwimpilo yoosomajukujuku" ukuba abagcinwanga.
