China's first crewed Moon mission will be a 'short stay on the lunar surface', including 'human-robotic joint exploration.'
Both the US and China have plans to build bases on the Moon. NASA's upcoming Artemis missions are designed to build a permanent human presence on the lunar surface, which will act as a stepping stone for human exploration of Mars., but the latest update formalizes the timeline.
China also plans to build bases once it sends humans to the Moon, and much like the US and Russia, it is also eyeing the lunar south pole due to the belief that its permanently shadowed craters hide an abundance of frozen water ice. "If someone was to threaten the United States of America, or any of our interests, including those of our allies and partners with whom we have treaties of mutual defense support, we are ready to fight tonight."During the press conference, China also introduced the new crew heading to its Tinagong orbital space station in a launch currently set for Tuesday, May 30, aboard one of China's Shenzhou 16 spacecraft.
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