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China Outlines Moon Project Goals

Posted by timothy on from the step-4-profit dept.

Kulic writes "SpaceDaily.com is reporting that China has announced 4 scientific goals for their Moon project. There are three general goals - orbiting the Moon, docking spacecraft with one another in lunar orbit, and returning moon rock samples to Earth. Each step is outlined, with a detailed description of what they hope to accomplish during the orbiting stage. It looks like China is serious about their space program, and is taking an incremental approach."

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  1. Odd... by apoch2001 · · Score: 0, Troll

    They're about 36 years late... seems like the money would be better spent on a Mars mission or even the space station. I guess they have to start somewhere.

  2. They left out the next steps by TheVampire · · Score: 0, Troll

    Which are to develop a base on the moon, arm it with nuclear weapons, and claim the moon as Chinese territory.