China aims for the moon this year

China aims for the moon this year

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BEIJING, China (Reuters) -- China plans to launch a lunar orbiter in the second half of 2007, in a first step towards a lunar probe, Xinhua news agency quoted the director of the National Space Administration as saying on Sunday.

If the Chang'e I orbiter succeeds in orbiting the moon, the next step would be an attempt to land. Ultimately a moon rover would collect samples before returning to earth, Sun Laiyan said in a speech at Beijing Jiaotong University.

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A new space race in the making, I think this is really going to put pressure on. China certainly is making leaps and bounds in technology.
The sleeping dragon awakes.



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