When fundingfrom the American' space agency was cut, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intellignece have been inventive in its methods which scans the sky looking for radio signals from intelligetn aliens. In 1999, it started SETI@home , an application that uses spare processing power on volunteers's computer to sift the information generated by its radio telescopes.
Space explore plan is an expensive and time-consuming project. It is support by the powerful institue and prosperous countries. So it is possible to explore and exploit the space for China.