Concept model of China's new generation crew launch vehicle on display in Zhuhai in November 2018. Credit: CASC
Space News: China claims progress on rockets for crewed lunar landings and moon base
Chinese state media voice strident views on respective U.S. and Chinese crewed lunar exploration plans.
HELSINKI — China is progressing with the development of two super heavy-lift rockets for crewed missions and infrastructure launches to the moon, according to officials.
The new launchers are designed to allow China to conduct short-term lunar landings before 2030 and send large pieces of infrastructure to the moon in the 2030s respectively.
Though China’s government has not formally approved a crewed lunar landing, work on the necessary elements of such a program is underway and the country’s space actors and state media are openly talking of its lunar ambitions.
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