China's plan to launch a spacecraft to attack the moon is advancing another step as the unmanned probe and the rocket that will put it into orbit enter the production and control phase
Avi Blizovsky
China's plan to launch a spacecraft to attack the moon is advancing another step as the unmanned probe and the rocket that will put it into orbit enter the production and control phase.
Luan Enjie, Commander of the Lunar Orbiter operation at the Chinese Space Agency, tells the news agency that the Chang'e 1 lunar orbiter and the launcher are currently in the assembly and testing stages. The launch site and the control systems are also in an advanced stage of construction. According to him, the launch is scheduled for 1.
The unmanned rover is part of the Chinese plan to land a man (takeonaut) on the moon before 2020. Taikong is the Mandarin term for "outer space."
As you know, China launched an astronaut in October 2003 and he circled the Earth for 21 hours. Two years later, she already launched a team of two astronauts who circled the Earth for about five days. The next manned launch is also planned for 2007.
Two other countries that want to return to the moon are the United States, whose president George Bush has allocated 104 billion dollars, in order to land on the moon in 2018, thus repeating the Apollo achievements of 1969. Japan also announced a plan to land a man on the moon in 2025.
