China Planning Probes, Manned Missions, Ultimately a Base on Moon - Space Chief

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

China’s lunar program is setting ambitious goals, including exploring both lunar poles by 2030 and, further in the future, sending manned missions to the moon and establishing a permanent base there. The news comes as leaders of the US and Chinese space agencies said they were open to cooperation on research and missions.

Li Guoping, director of the Department of System Engineering of the China National Space Administration (CNSA), said at the World Conference on Science Literacy 2018 in Beijing last month that China is planning four upcoming lunar exploration missions, China Daily reported.

The moon orbits the Earth in a tidally locked orbit: the same side always faces our planet, meaning we never get to see the far side, which takes the brunt of impacts by interstellar objects that might hit us.

Named after Chang'e, the goddess of the moon in ancient Chinese mythology, China's lunar exploration program was launched in 2003, and it has sent five robotic rovers to the moon since 2007.

CNSA laid the groundwork (or spacework?) for the Chang'e-4 mission this past May when it launched the Quequiao satellite to the the Earth-moon system's L-2 Lagrangian point, a uniquely gravitationally stable location on the far side of the moon. The satellite will serve as a communications relay supporting future Chinese moon missions, Sputnik reported.

Three subsequent missions will do the same for the two lunar polar regions, exploring them and returning samples to Earth, Li noted. After that, CNSA plans on sending taikonauts (those are Chinese astronauts, folks) to the moon and eventually setting up a scientific research station there.

The last time humans were on the moon was December 14, 1972, when the US Apollo 17 mission departed from a three-day stay on the surface of Earth's only natural satellite.

By 2030, CNSA's ultra-powerful Long March-9 rocket is expected to be in service, lifting 140 tons of cargo into low-Earth orbit — more than any other rocket in use or even in development by any nation or company. Xinhua News Agency reported earlier this year on the rocket's development, which Long Lehao, a senior official at the Chinese Academy of Engineering, indicated will be necessary to support manned lunar landings, deep space exploration and construction of a space-based solar power plant.

more at https://sputniknews.com/science/201810011068500311-China-Probes-Manned-Missions-Base-Moon/

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

End of this year Chang'e 5 will do what USSR did in 1970. Robotic sample return from moon. This then paves the way for China manned mission to moon in the 2020s. Then build base on moon.

What Americans won't do. China will do. Moon base is vital to manned mission to Mars. Blast a rocket off moon, low gravity, so can reach very high speed. 1 week to Mars instead of 1 year to Mars.

@pakistanipower @nahtanbob @gambit @vostok @F-22Raptor

 

[Ultima Thule]

End of this year Chang'e 5 will do what USSR did in 1970. Robotic sample return from moon. This then paves the way for China manned mission to moon in the 2020s. Then build base on moon.

What Americans won't do. China will do. Moon base is vital to manned mission to Mars. Blast a rocket off moon, low gravity, so can reach very high speed. 1 week to Mars instead of 1 year to Mars.

@pakistanipower @nahtanbob @gambit @vostok @F-22Raptor

You don't know about sh!t of orbital mechanics, with nuclear rockets minimum time is for reach Mars is for 2 weeks, there is no way that rocket launch from will reach in 1 week @undertakerwwefan

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

You don't know about sh!t of orbital mechanics, with nuclear rockets minimum time is for reach Mars is for 2 weeks, there is no way that rocket launch from will reach in 1 week @undertakerwwefan

Figure of speech. Anyway, China will get to Mars before anyone else do. America is a declining nation. China is a rising power.

 

[Ultima Thule]

Figure of speech. Anyway, China will get to Mars before anyone else do. America is a declining nation. China is a rising power.

whatever you think, but USA/Russia has more experience to China in every aerospace fields and there numerous problems will being solve before long duration Mars mission @undertakerwwefan

loss of words @undertakerwwefan

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

whatever you think, but USA/Russia has more experience to China in every aerospace fields and there numerous problems will being solve before long duration Mars mission @undertakerwwefan

loss of words @undertakerwwefan

Past glories. Means nothing. Persia was the biggest empire in the past. Now it's nobody.

 

[Crystal-Clear]

thats interesting.

 

[OIO]

China’s lunar program is setting ambitious goals, including exploring both lunar poles by 2030 and, further in the future, sending manned missions to the moon and establishing a permanent base there. The news comes as leaders of the US and Chinese space agencies said they were open to cooperation on research and missions.

Li Guoping, director of the Department of System Engineering of the China National Space Administration (CNSA), said at the World Conference on Science Literacy 2018 in Beijing last month that China is planning four upcoming lunar exploration missions, China Daily reported.

The moon orbits the Earth in a tidally locked orbit: the same side always faces our planet, meaning we never get to see the far side, which takes the brunt of impacts by interstellar objects that might hit us.

Named after Chang'e, the goddess of the moon in ancient Chinese mythology, China's lunar exploration program was launched in 2003, and it has sent five robotic rovers to the moon since 2007.

CNSA laid the groundwork (or spacework?) for the Chang'e-4 mission this past May when it launched the Quequiao satellite to the the Earth-moon system's L-2 Lagrangian point, a uniquely gravitationally stable location on the far side of the moon. The satellite will serve as a communications relay supporting future Chinese moon missions, Sputnik reported.

Three subsequent missions will do the same for the two lunar polar regions, exploring them and returning samples to Earth, Li noted. After that, CNSA plans on sending taikonauts (those are Chinese astronauts, folks) to the moon and eventually setting up a scientific research station there.

The last time humans were on the moon was December 14, 1972, when the US Apollo 17 mission departed from a three-day stay on the surface of Earth's only natural satellite.

By 2030, CNSA's ultra-powerful Long March-9 rocket is expected to be in service, lifting 140 tons of cargo into low-Earth orbit — more than any other rocket in use or even in development by any nation or company. Xinhua News Agency reported earlier this year on the rocket's development, which Long Lehao, a senior official at the Chinese Academy of Engineering, indicated will be necessary to support manned lunar landings, deep space exploration and construction of a space-based solar power plant.

more at https://sputniknews.com/science/201810011068500311-China-Probes-Manned-Missions-Base-Moon/

Chinese will plant vegetables on the Moon,
Chinese are very interested in planting vegetables wherever they go.

 

[Ultima Thule]

Past glories. Means nothing. Persia was the biggest empire in the past. Now it's nobody.

Ok but China is newbe in man space launching, there no way that China will go to Mars before USA/Russia and as i said earlier there are lots of problems will being solved before men goes to Mars @undertakerwwefan

 

[twocents]

Ok but China is newbe in man space launching, there no way that China will go to Mars before USA/Russia and as i said earlier there are lots of problems will being solved before men goes to Mars @undertakerwwefan

No human astronauts are going to Mars with current chemically fueled rockets. It takes too long, almost two years, to make the trip. Until and unless a revolutionary mode of transport is found there is no point even arguing about it.

 

[Ultima Thule]

No human astronauts are going to Mars with current chemically fueled rockets. It takes too long, almost two years, to make the trip. Until and unless a revolutionary mode of transport is found there is no point even arguing about it.

No revolutionary tech is maturing in form of ION engine, Electrical propulsion but this duration will cut short to 6 months when Mars is nearest to the Earth, i am talking about different problems like cosmic radiation problems, bone weakening and isolation of men in space for 6 months etc etc @twocents

 

[Adam WANG SHANGHAI MEGA]

Chang'E 8 will do some "Moon Base tests",Maybe Change E 9 project is the Moon Base project,who knows!

End of this year Chang'e 5 will do what USSR did in 1970. Robotic sample return from moon. This then paves the way for China manned mission to moon in the 2020s. Then build base on moon.

What Americans won't do. China will do. Moon base is vital to manned mission to Mars. Blast a rocket off moon, low gravity, so can reach very high speed. 1 week to Mars instead of 1 year to Mars.

@pakistanipower @nahtanbob @gambit @vostok @F-22Raptor

Many Westerners (especially United States as well as Russians) are dismissive of China's exploration of the moon, saying that the United States and the Soviet Union did it 50 years ago,
then I asked questions as follow:
1) Why is it that after 50 years, China is the only country can achieve a soft landing of the lander and rover on the Moon?
2) Why is China the first to achieve a soft landing on the far side of the moon in human history?
3) What are the other big powers doing during these 50 years?
I think Chinese scientists have made extraordinary achievements with limited resources and limited rocket launch capabilities.

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Chang'E 8 will do some "Moon Base tests",Maybe Change E 9 project is the Moon Base project,who knows!


Many Westerners (especially United States as well as Russians) are dismissive of China's exploration of the moon, saying that the United States and the Soviet Union did it 50 years ago,
then I asked questions as follow:
1) Why is it that after 50 years, China is the only country can achieve a soft landing of the lander and rover on the Moon?
2) Why is China the first to achieve a soft landing on the far side of the moon in human history?
3) What are the other big powers doing during these 50 years?
I think Chinese scientists have made extraordinary achievements with limited resources and limited rocket launch capabilities.

Hear hear. Americans destroyed Saturn V because it was made by an ex Nazi Werner von Braun. Americans used him. Americans never respected him. Now Americans can't put a man on the moon even if they wanted to. Ha. Bao ying.

No revolutionary tech is maturing in form of ION engine, Electrical propulsion but this duration will cut short to 6 months when Mars is nearest to the Earth, i am talking about different problems like cosmic radiation problems, bone weakening and isolation of men in space for 6 months etc etc @twocents

Launch rocket from moon, low gravity, very fast speed. America and Russia returned landers from moon just by blasting off from moon without using rocket. It's really easy to go places when you are on moon. That's why China build rocket pad there to go to Mars.

 

[hirobo2]

Chang'E 8 will do some "Moon Base tests",Maybe Change E 9 project is the Moon Base project,who knows!


Many Westerners (especially United States as well as Russians) are dismissive of China's exploration of the moon, saying that the United States and the Soviet Union did it 50 years ago,
then I asked questions as follow:
1) Why is it that after 50 years, China is the only country can achieve a soft landing of the lander and rover on the Moon?
2) Why is China the first to achieve a soft landing on the far side of the moon in human history?
3) What are the other big powers doing during these 50 years?
I think Chinese scientists have made extraordinary achievements with limited resources and limited rocket launch capabilities.

U guys know many footages of Murican moon landings were made inside a movie studio. Why they haven't gone back in 50 years? Either A: They lost the know how or B: They never went their in the first place.

As Japan is the king of po.rn n anime, so is America the king of fake stuff on TVs n the silver screen...

America is the country that would fake a 4G network n call it 5G E.
Murica is the country that released clips from a movie studio n claim they did it on the moon

 

[Jlaw]

U guys know many footages of Murican moon landings were made inside a movie studio. Why they haven't gone back in 50 years? Either A: They lost the know how or B: They never went their in the first place.

As Japan is the king of po.rn n anime, so is America the king of fake stuff on TVs n the silver screen...

America is the country that would fake a 4G network n call it 5G E.
Murica is the country that released clips from a movie studio n claim they did it on the moon

True. The excuse by NASA was that they lost the blue print on how to make the moon lander , etc.
And stupid people buy that shit. Dumb gullible people.
Some NASA scientists have already said they never went to the moon. Freudian slip.