A Long March 7 rocket stands ready at the Wenchang Spaceport on the Island of Hainan. It is to carry an unmanned Tianzhou cargo spacecraft into orbit, where it will dock with the Tiangong space station. This is the second cargo mission to Tiangong („Heavenly Palace“). Meanwhile, in space, the Shenzhou-12 manned spacecraft has detached from the Tiangong. It is now on its way back to Earth with three Taikonauts on board. They were in space for 90 days. Xi Jinping himself stressed, „A country’s strategic space assets must be well managed, well used, and well protected.“ He added that space traffic must be „stable and orderly.“ That almost sounds like he manages a highway leading directly to the Heavenly Palace.