来源：中国日报 CHINA DAILY

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China's plan to land astronauts on the moon has predictably revived talk in some Western quarters of a space race with the United States.
中国载人登月计划一经公布，不出所料，西方部分舆论再度掀起中美太空竞赛的论调。

The narrative is familiar: two major countries competing for technological supremacy, lunar dominance and the right to shape the future of space.
这套说辞并不陌生：两大强国比拼技术霸权、争夺月球主导权、角逐塑造太空未来的话语权。

But that proposition is built on a false premise — that China's scientific progress must necessarily be understood through the prism of US strategic competition.
但该观点建立在错误前提之上，也就是必须从美国战略竞争视角，来解读中国的科技进步。

That premise says less about China's intentions than about Washington's.
这一预设，与其说折射出中国的意图，不如说暴露了华盛顿方面的心态。

At the 7th Manned Space Symposium in Beijing on Saturday, Wang Xiang, deputy chief designer of China's manned space program, outlined the technical architecture for the country's planned manned lunar landing.
上周六，在北京举办的第七届载人航天专题研讨会上，中国载人航天工程副总设计师王翔，介绍了我国规划中载人登月任务的技术方案。

It will involve two separate launches, one carrying the Lanyue lunar lander and the other the Mengzhou crewed spacecraft.
方案包含两次独立发射，一枚运送揽月号登月器，另一枚运送梦舟号载人飞船。

The two will rendezvous and dock in lunar orbit before astronauts transfer to the lander for their descent to the moon.
两艘航天器将在月球轨道完成交会对接，随后航天员转入登月器，降落至月球表面。

The design is a pragmatic engineering choice.
这套方案是务实的工程选择。

It reflects China's existing technical capabilities and infrastructure, allows the two spacecraft to be developed and standardized separately, and avoids the enormous demands of a single heavy-lift launch.
该方案契合我国现有技术能力与配套基础，可以对两款航天器分开研发、分别标准化，同时规避单次超重型运载发射带来的巨大技术压力。

The emphasis is on building knowledge and capabilities systematically.
整套方案重在系统性积累技术经验、夯实航天能力。

In the eyes of some in Washington, the Apollo Program remains an enduring symbol of US technological prowess and national prestige.
在华盛顿部分人士眼中，阿波罗计划至今仍是美国科技实力与国家声望的标志性象征。

The prospect of China also sending astronauts to step foot on the moon obviously touches a nerve, particularly at a time when the US is attempting to constrain China's technological development.
中国航天员有望踏上月球，显然触动了一部分人的敏感神经，在美国正试图遏制中国科技发展的大背景下尤为明显。

But a US achievement does not become less historic just because another country is able to do the same.
他国实现同类探索，并不会削弱美国过往成就的历史意义。

Nor does the moon come with a US deed of ownership.
月球更不属于美国，不存在所谓美国专属所有权。

The more consequential question is what kind of future the two countries, alongside other partners, want to build in space.
更为关键的问题在于，中美以及其他合作方，希望共同构建怎样的太空未来。

China's recently released position paper on strengthening outer space governance details its answer to that question.
我国近期发布的加强外空治理立场文件，已经给出明确答案。

It advocates peaceful exploration, equitable access, openness, shared benefits and international cooperation, with the United Nations as the principal channel for space governance.
文件倡导和平探索、公平准入、开放包容、利益共享与国际合作，坚持以联合国作为太空治理的主渠道。

It also calls for preventing an arms race in space, reducing strategic misperceptions and giving developing countries a greater voice in shaping international rules on the use of space.
同时呼吁防止太空军备竞赛，减少战略误判，保障发展中国家在外空利用国际规则制定上拥有更多话语权。

China's space program has been both a beneficiary of and a contributor to international exchange and cooperation.
中国航天事业，既是国际交流合作的受益者，也是国际合作的贡献者。

Its satellite technologies and applications have helped countries, particularly in the Global South, improve communications, disaster prevention, agricultural monitoring and environmental protection.
我国卫星技术及相关应用，助力广大发展中国家改善通信、防灾减灾、农业监测与生态保护能力。

Its proposed International Lunar Research Station likewise seeks to bring international partners into lunar exploration.
我国提出建设国际月球科研站，同样欢迎全球伙伴共同参与探月事业。

The underlying proposition is that space technology should expand the opportunities available to humanity, not merely the strategic options available to a handful of powerful countries.
核心理念是航天技术应当拓展全人类的发展机遇，而不是仅仅服务少数大国的战略选项。

There is a contradiction in the Western alarm over China's space ambitions.
西方对中国航天发展的担忧本身充满矛盾。

The US-led Artemis Accords have attracted numerous signatories, but an international framework that leaves major spacefaring countries outside its arrangements can hardly claim to represent a genuinely universal consensus.
美国主导的阿尔忒弥斯协定已有不少签约国，但一套将主要航天大国排除在外的国际框架，很难称得上具备真正的全球共识。

Matters concerning the moon must not be permitted to become an extension of any country's alliance system.
月球相关事务，不能沦为任何国家同盟体系的延伸。

Space is vast, but apparently not vast enough for the narrow confines of some geopolitical imaginations.
宇宙广袤无垠，可在部分地缘思维的想象当中，太空却狭小到容不下多方共存。

Neil Armstrong famously described his first step on the moon as "one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind".
尼尔·阿姆斯特朗那句名言广为人知：我的一小步，是人类的一大步。

The distinction between the two remains important.
区分“个人的一步”与“人类的一大步”，至今仍然意义重大。

If lunar exploration is now to be judged primarily by whether it advances US strategic superiority, that "giant leap" risks shrinking into a gaudy national trophy.
倘若评判探月成果，首要标准变成能否巩固美国战略优势，那“人类一大步”，就有可能沦为一件浮华的国家战利品。

The moon did not become US territory in 1969.
1969年登月，并没有让月球成为美国领土。

It is a shared frontier of humanity and must remain so.
月球属于全人类共同的新疆域，这一点应当始终不变。

China's program should be judged by what it can contribute to scientific and technological progress.
评判中国探月工程，应当看它能够为科技进步贡献什么。

Its approach, with an emphasis on standardization, integrated engineering and the use of mature technologies, could generate advances in rocket engineering, materials science, communications, robotics and artificial intelligence.
我国方案侧重标准化、一体化工程设计、成熟技术复用，可以带动火箭工程、材料科学、通信、机器人、人工智能领域取得进步。

These benefits could extend well beyond the space sector, creating new opportunities for industrial development and international cooperation.
相关红利将远不止航天领域，还能为产业发展、国际合作创造全新机遇。

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