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[global network report trainee reporter liu boyang] the appearance of china’s lunar landing suit, which is full of technology, was revealed for the first time. it not only attracted the love of chinese people, but also attracted attention abroad. on the 28th, american entrepreneur musk forwarded images of china’s lunar landing suits and complained that the u.s. federal aviation administration (faa) was “killing the national space program.”

on september 28, the "third space suit technology forum" was held in chongqing. at the opening ceremony, the china manned space engineering office launched a lunar landing suit naming campaign to the public and disclosed the appearance of the chinese lunar landing suit for the first time.

later on the 28th, retired canadian astronaut chris hadfield reposted a picture of china’s lunar landing suit on social media new moon landing suit revealed."

musk, ceo of spacex, then retweeted hadfield's post and said in the accompanying text, "at the same time, in the united states, the federal aviation administration (faa) is using the 'stuck card' kafka's writing style kills the nation's space program!"

according to merriam-webster, "kafkaesque" is related to the czech-jewish writer franz kafka and his works, specifically referring to phenomena that are "extremely complex, bizarre, or illogical."

musk’s spacex company has had conflicts with the federal aviation administration many times before. on september 17, local time, the u.s. federal aviation administration issued a statement proposing to impose a civil penalty of us$633,009 on spacex because the company allegedly failed to comply with relevant licensing requirements for two launch missions in 2023. according to the us axios news network, american entrepreneur musk posted a response on the social platform on the same day, saying that spacex will sue the faa, accusing it of "over-regulation."