Griffin, the Los Angeles Air Force Base in California published a long speech, full interpretation of China's manned space development of the "essence" and the spirit of space exploration, to review the current lack of U.S. space exploration. "To ensure unbiased direction of the next 50 years, is the key to the development of our space!" Griffin said with emotion: "I did not ask for money to come to Congress, NASA budget is not the biggest challenge the next 50 years. The biggest challenge we face DPRK to unswervingly take the established goal of space exploration, and can not deviate. "

Worries far behind the United States
Griffin, sad to say, how people can not think of NASA, in "Apollo 11" landing on the moon in 1969 after a successful 3 and a half years, the elected leaders of the United States gradually lowered the American space program of the big screen: "Awa Law 11, "only a few weeks after the success of the moon, the U.S. government on the abolition of the" Apollo 20 "program; a few months," Apollo 18 "and" Apollo 19 "has also been canceled, the U.S. real the space program so this disappeared ... ... NASA was dismissed as "shortsighted." Griffin argued that: "Indeed, all these decisions do not shut NASA, the real lack of vision is our democratically elected president, was President Nixon's strategic errors, so we lost the vision of space and national space career goal, let us return to the era of low-orbit space exploration. "

NASA funding is accompanied by a sharp decrease in capacity plunged space exploration - from the total federal budget accounted for 4.2 percent down to 0.6%; "Saturn V" rocket research abortion; "Apollo" new the middle of the waste generation spacecraft ... ...

Talent has shrunk dramatically lost to the Chinese University

"Lost in space is the loss of the future!" Griffin said: "This is not my alarmist - 50 years ago, our national space exploration has just begun to overcome enormous difficulties, to become the leader in this field, and therefore in the basic sciences, manufacturing, technology, engineering and mathematics far ahead of other countries, the total U.S. population of less than 4% of the scientific and technical elite, took on the burden of the United States the vast majority of inventions to solve practical problems, and explore the secrets of the earth and the universe. "

Griffin went on to say: "With the older generation who left NASA, such as manufacturing space shuttle, the Hubble Space Telescope, International Space Station and Mars Rover scientists retirement, NASA where to find replacement people? More seriously, we may lose the future! "

Griffin brought out a group of U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology alarming data: in 1957 successfully launched the first human artificial earth satellite "companion number" now than in the number of U.S. bachelor's degree awarded by the physical, only very in half of the year! The number of engineering bachelor's degree in the past 20 years has dropped by 20%, and of which there are many places is made in foreign students, many of them return home upon graduation. In 2004, the Chinese engineering graduates, 50 million, India has 20 million, only 7 million people in the United States! In 2006, only 15% of American college graduates received degrees in engineering or natural science, while South Korea is 38%, France 47%, Singapore 67%. Over the past 10 years, the University of Engineering degree in the United States decreased by 34% of Americans, two thirds are foreign students for Master of Engineering degree. Latest survey shows U.S. public school students interested in math and science and technology is far below the global average, and even less than Azerbaijan, Latvia and Macao, China.

If you can not reverse this decline, then the technological level of the United States will be fully catch up with other countries, its negative impact goes far beyond the field of space exploration, but a direct threat to our global competitiveness in the market.

"This is not an overnight occurrence, it is impossible to solve in one night. The reason why we a serious shortage of manpower, because we lack the training as the space program as a platform for basic science." Griffin stressed.

Griffin said the United States Chi Ku Lande company has a new report said that a few years ago China launched the "Long-term Scientific and Technological Development Plan 2006-2020", a clear realization of China's scientific and technological objectives and goals. The report clearly stated that in 2020 into an innovative country in 2020 in science and technology in the world, to become one of the world's five patents.

Heavily in China to build space industry, as Chinese policy makers and the public will understand its value. Aerospace industry is the invention of self-creation and the nation-state drive, is human eyes on the stars beyond the basic platform. 5 to 8 years in the future, China will launch more than 100 satellites of various types of advanced satellite, so any read Friedman, "The World is Flat," a book of people do not doubt that China will nurture thousands on million high-tech.

"China's Shenzhou spacecraft powerful than Russia,"

Griffin also said that China's manned spacecraft to absorb some of the Russian spacecraft design, but between "In addition to similar external appearance is almost completely different," with the words of Griffin is that "Russia than China's Shenzhou spacecraft more powerful. "

Griffin said: "China's first astronaut to space activities, from tanks, also fired the orbital module, and ultimately create their own space station - though more than our simple and elementary, but it certainly can improve a lot the next few years. In fact, Chinese officials have already announced the moon program, but they rely on 'Shenzhou' spacecraft and the 'Long March V' moon rocket will be able to realize a dream, because the 'Long March V' comparable to any other country in the world of advanced rockets. Two years ago, I visited the base for China's space and facilities, with their engineering staff in-depth conversations, and I therefore have no doubt they will be around 2013 to 'Long March V' rockets into use. I also visited the Indian space facilities, the same left me deep impression. "

Griffin concluded by saying that he made such a long speech, not to stress and China or India, and other countries for "a new space race," but respect for these countries to develop space capabilities and efforts, and concern for America's space exploration .