What China's commercial space ambitions mean for us

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  Discussion keeps the world turning.

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  Translating the trends and deciphering the headlines.

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  This is Roundtable.

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  I'm Yeohun Lin.

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  A rocket retrieved from the sea.

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  A plan to deploy more than 200,000 satellites across 14 satellite constellations.

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  These are not isolated hexes.

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  headlines, but signals of a deeper structural change.

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  Today,

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  we invite you to take a closer look at China's commercial space industry and find out how it relates to each and every one of us.

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  For today's show, I'm joined by Fei Fei and Steve Haiderli.

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  Now, pull up a chair and join the conversation.

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  For decades, space in China was synonyms with national missions and the strategic milestones.

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  Today, a new set of vocabulary is emerging.

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  Reusability, cost control, commercial payloads, and market valuation.

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  The boundary between national team and private players is being a bit blurred.

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  From private rockets that lend themselves to space buses launching row seats for a quick tan and cosmic radiation,

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  China's commercial space scene is absolutely exploding.

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  We are talking a million or a multi-trillion Yuan industry that's shifting from launching giant satellites for big corporations to selling tickets to maybe even you and me.

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  So here is the million dollar question today are witnessing a big moment for commercial space industry in China.

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