[FPSPACE] Why China Wants To Explore The Moon

[LARRY KLAES]

Why China Wants To Explore The Moon

Beijing, China (XNA) Feb 08, 2007

China plans to launch its first lunar probe, or "Chang'e 1", this year to 
"orbit" the moon, says Ouyang Ziyuan, a top academician of the prestigious 
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the first scientist of China's moon 
orbiting project, at a recent "popular science forum of veteran scientists. 
A moon probing device is to launch around 2010 along with a moonbuggy, and 
all parts and accessories of the project are developed and made with China's 
own efforts.


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