Aug 21, 2020
China is aiming to attract partners for an international lunar research station
Posted by Malak Trabelsi Loeb in categories: robotics/AI, space travel
China has developed a vision for an international lunar research station and is seeking international involvement in the project.
Objectives include construction and operation of human[ity]’s first sharing platform in the lunar south pole, supporting long-term, large-scale scientific exploration, technical experiments and development and utilization of lunar resources’, according to a presentation to the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) earlier this year.
The presentation also states an intended shift from independence to cooperation in space on the part of China. International involvement in Chinese lunar missions has so far been limited to a handful of contributed payloads, mainly to the Chang’e-4 lunar far side mission.
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