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March 06, 2014

China has no plans for lunar base project
Beijing (XNA) Mar 06, 2014
The world's third country to soft-land on the moon has no plan to build a lunar base there, a leading scientist of China's lunar probe mission told Xinhua Saturday. But Ye Peijian, chief scientist of the Chang'e-3 program, also said that since man can land on the moon and stay there briefly, there will be the day when they can stay there for long time. "From the rule of science and moon probe technology development, a place for long-term residence (on the moon) will be built eventually," add ... read more

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