Moonward ho! - China is about to land on the Moon
15 November 2013
Morris Jones, space analyst from Australia, is giving an overview on China's lunar ambitions. "China will probably launch a second rover later in this decade, and the landing stage used on the Chang'e-3 mission will get its second trip to the Moon. That will probably mark the last use of this rover design, but the Chinese lunar lander will still be on active duty."...
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Chinese space expert gives details on the Chinese Space Station research plans
12 November 2013
After two presentation were given on the subject of the CSS utilisation during the IAC2013 in Beijing, Gu Yidong, President of the China Society of Space Research and the leader of the CSS science planning group, said at the 29th American Society for Gravitational and Space Research Symposium/5th International Symposium for Physical Sciences in Space that “The main purpose is to promote the understanding of the nature of life,”. The combined conference has been taken place 3-8 November 2013 in Orlando, Florida, USA. Irene Klotz reported on the presentation of the Chinese expert for Space News.
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Will China’s space program surpass NASA in a decade?
11 November 2013
A resonable comment by Eric Berger on his science blog "SciGuy".
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