NASA removed the ban on Chinese scientists

The US Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has just lifted a ban on six Chinese scientists attending the Kepler Space Telescope Program, 10 days after the ban was issued.

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Earlier, the NSA refused to invite Chinese scientists to attend for national security reasons. However, on October 20, China's Xinhua news agency reported that Chinese scientists were banned from receiving an invitation to attend the event from the conference organizer, which took place from April 4. November 8

The previous ban has angered China. The Chinese Foreign Ministry has accused NASA of discriminating and argued that scientific conferences should not be affected by political reasons.

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According to many sources, the incident happened because NASA misinterpreted a security law issued by President Obama in 2011 and a budget bill submitted by MP Frank Wolf; in which NASA fund regulations are not used in cooperation activities with China or allow Chinese visitors to visit the agency's facilities.

Charlie Bolden, NASA's director, said the error belonged to the leader of NASA's Ames Research Center Research Center, the conference organizer.

Earlier, in March, Jiang Bo, a Chinese expert working at a NASA facility, was arrested at Washington Dulles International Airport while on his way back to Beijing after the FBI discovered Jiang Bo. Get some NASA electronics, including a laptop and an old hard drive. Jiang Bo is accused of taking sensitive documents, including high-tech image source codes used in missiles, unmanned aerospace equipment and many other technologies.