How does China plan to get to the Moon? This is what is known about the new travel plan

Although the space race now points to the planet Mars, China It has in its plans to reach the Moon for the first time, in a very ambitious and innovative space trip, and has set the year 2030 as the limit.

Little is known. China usually keeps its military and scientific activities under lock and key, but the chief designer of China’s manned space program, Zhou Jianping, told a news agency in his country about some details of the mission.

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For example, the new mission to carry taikonauts (Chinese name for astronauts) differs from the Artemis and Apollo missions. This trip will consist of two launches: one for the crew trip and another for the moon landing.

In other words, according to what the Xataka page indicates, the trip will take a module in lunar orbit and then a team will descend for lunar activities. Then you will return to the module to start the return trip.

Another detail is that the load that the rockets will be equivalent to more than 130 tons in low Earth orbit (LEO), the orbit where the station is located, but for Jianping “China will achieve the goal of taking people to the Moon by 2030 and sending them back to Earth safely.”

It was also learned that Cina is working on two heavy vehicles to make this trip, 50 years after the last mission. Although he also works on explorations to Mars.

Source: Elcomercio

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