Welcome to the Tech Mem Right Home for Tuesday, December 28th, 2021. I'm Brian McCullough today.

China's anger at Elon Musk because of his Starlink satellites,

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Here's what you missed today in the world of tech.

China has taken to publicly berating the US for something that Elon Musk has done.

That's a crude way of putting it, but this could end up being a bigger deal, quoting the Guardian.

China has accused the US of ignoring international treaty obligations and engaging in

irresponsible and unsafe conduct in outer space after

two near misses between the Chinese space station and satellites operated by

Elon Musk's SpaceX company.

Jean Lejeune, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday that China, quote,

urges the U.S. to act responsibly, after incidents involving SpaceX's Starlink satellites,

which he said had posed a serious threat to the lives

and safety of astronauts. In a note to the UN Committee on the peaceful uses of

outer space earlier this month China said Tian Gong its new station, had to maneuver to avoid one Starlink

satellite in July and another in October. Tian Gong had to take quote

preventative collision avoidance control during two close encounters

after the Starlink satellites had moved into orbits that obliged

Tiangang's operators to change its course the document said.

China's note to the UN Space Agency in Vienna said

state parties to the outer Space Agency in Vienna said state parties to the Outer Space Treaty, which is the

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