Star Wars: China is advancing its base on the Moon to compete with the US

Announced in 2021, the partnership between Russia and China to build a lunar base on the Moon has an even bolder new goal. Countries have plans about five years ahead andNow the expectation is that the construction of the Moon base will begin in 2030..

The Sino-Russian mission is led by Wu Weiren, a Chinese physicist who talks about the countries’ ambitions. “Until 2030, the footprints of the Chinese people will remain on the Moon,” Weiren told Chinese state television. “There is no doubt about it,” he added.

If the plan comes true, China and Russia will be the first two countries in the world to establish bases on the Moon.. In addition to the facilities, the countries plan to deploy robots and astronauts to explore and study the natural satellite.

Despite China’s little experience in space exploration, the country has made historical achievements in this regard. For example, in 2019, they managed to make a soft landing on the far side of the Moon with the Chang’e 4 spacecraft. In 2020, the Chang’e-5 probe also brought back rock and soil samples from the Moon to Earth.

With increasingly bold goals, the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) is preparing to launch manned rockets with the first module of the Earth’s orbital facility, a cargo ship and a refueling ship.

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The new date targeted by China and Russia is set to rekindle some kind of new space race or “Star Wars” of the 21st century.

The Chinese and Russians now want to start building the base by 2030, according to analysts, because a leaked NASA document US expected to start building infrastructure by mid-2034.

The US space task force also has other western allies such as Canada, Europe and Japan.