China is now eyeing a new mission for its astronauts to land on the moon for the first time after a successful test of a new type of rocket.
As The Guardian reports:
China has successfully launched a new rocket and prototype spacecraft, according to state media, in a major test of its ambitions to operate a permanent space station and send astronauts to the Moon.
A Long March 5B rocket took off from the Wenchang launch site on the southern island of Hainan and eight minutes later an unmanned prototype spacecraft successfully separated and entered its planned orbit, Xinhua reported. A test version of a cargo return capsule also successfully separated from the rocket, Xinhua said.
China hopes that the craft will one day transport astronauts to a space station that it plans to complete by 2022 – and eventually to the Moon. It will have capacity for a crew of six…
China plans to send an astronaut to the Moon in about a decade and then build a base there. Its lunar rover on the far side has driven about 450 metres so far.
China’s ambitions in space are likely to spark a response from the United States, which, if tensions continue to rise, could end up eventually taking a military form.
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Guess the moon will be wearing a mask very soon
China has hinted in the past that once it puts a base on the moon, it’ll claim the moon as Chinese territory. For those who doubt Chinese intentions, just look what they’ve claimed in the South China Sea. They’ve claimed just about everything up to the territorial waters of Vietnam Philippians, and Malaysia.
The New World Order (pre Bush, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama) has done more to ruin this country. Thank God we finally have an administration that is trying to, and will, change that
What does that have to do with the subject at hand?
everything!
And……May the firs space alien be the first to obliterate them!
Maybe they could send the coronavirus there too!
Time to kick the Space program into overdrive!!! Start contracting with more of the private sector to get it done. NASA takes to long!!!
Great idea. run it like the Space X program with a reward and a contract for perhaps the top 2 successful companies.
Unfortunately the Chinese aren’t just blowing hot air. They will get the job done. Time for America to start looking over their shoulder. The Chinese are coming and they’re coming on strong. They have the drive and motivation we in the US once had, in the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s.
And free labor.
Tell the bastards not to touch our great American Flag!
I wonder if they will send the Coronavirus there to see if it will survive? Never know about these idiots.