The Race to be 1st on the Moon in the 21st CENTURY/by 2030!

Whoever loses this space race will expose himself to be a second rate power of the world and also a past hoaxer of the world...

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https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202402/1307599.shtml

China reveals ambitious names for new-gen manned spacecraft, lunar lander; crewed moon landing expected by 2030


By Global Times Published: Feb 24, 2024 01:09 PM


Photo: CCTV



Upon the occasion of the Lantern Festival which falls on the first full moon of the Chinese New Year, China Manned Space Agency revealed on Saturday the romantic yet ambitious names for the country's new-generation manned spacecraft - Mengzhou, meaning "dream boat," as well as the lunar lander - Lanyue, meaning "clasp the moon," that are to be tasked with future explorations on the moon.

According to the plan, China aims to send taikonauts to the moon by 2030. Currently, the Mengzhou spacecraft, the Lanyue lander, and the new-generation manned launch vehicle the Long March-10 have all entered preliminary development stage, with development proceeding smoothly.

Mengzhou symbolizes carrying the space exploration dreams of the Chinese people to the moon, and reflects the legacy with the Shenzhou and Tianzhou spacecraft families. The new generation of manned spacecraft includes a lunar version and a near-Earth version for future space station missions, with the lunar version being named the MengzhouY series.

Lanyue is derived from late Chinese leader Mao Zedong's poem expressing his admiration and wonder for space, "We can clasp the moon in the Ninth Heaven." The ambitious name showcased the grandeur and confidence of the Chinese people in exploring the universe.

As disclosed by the agency, two Long March-10 carrier rockets will sequentially send the Lanyue lander and the Mengzhou craft to the Earth-Moon transfer orbit.

The two spacecraft will rendezvous and dock in lunar orbit, with taikonauts entering the lander and then being transported to the lunar surface.

After completing scientific exploration tasks and sample collection on the moon, they will return to the lunar orbit aboard the lander, where the two spacecraft will rendezvous and dock again, where the taikonauts will shift vehicle and transfer the lunar samples before returning to Earth, Ji Qiming, spokesperson for the agency revealed to the China Central Television (CCTV).

Currently, the manned lunar exploration project is being implemented in stages, including scheme development, prototype development, unmanned flight tests, and manned lunar flight missions. China has already completed key technological breakthroughs and scheme development by the end of 2023, Ji noted.

The Long March-10 rocket, Mengzhou spacecraft and Lanyue lander have all entered their prototype development stage, R&D, production, and ground testing, which are progressing in an orderly manner.

In addition, various test launch facilities and equipment at the Wenchang launch site have also started construction.

Upon the completion of construction of the Chinese space station, landing on the moon has become the next priority for Chinese space exploration.

In August 2023, the China Manned Space Agency launched a public solicitation for the names of the spacecraft for manned lunar missions, which attracted enthusiastic response from people of all walks of life to participate. A total of nearly 2,000 submissions were received from organizations and individuals across various fields.

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The primary reason the USSR didn't beat the USA to manned moon landing was because they were too focused on sending ONE single powerful rocket with everything on board to the moon. Developing this type of rocket is very difficult and time/resource consuming!

The primary reason the USA couldn't repeat what they had done in the 60's using today's technology is because it was all hoaxed inside a movie studio.

The primary reason why China will beat USA is because Asians are smarter. Instead of wasting time developing one powerful rocket, it's much easier to send two and have them dock together in outer space...!

 

My cat comes up with better conspiracy theories than that. Try harder.

 

I always admire these lift off images on the Chinese side.

The first one in broad daylight is the latest unmanned moon mission (in front is the [ moon's] Jade Rabbit mascot). The last one with the purple flames is the MANNED mission to the CSS.

Just look at how powerful these liftoff flames are! BUT NONE OF THEM ARE POWERFUL ENOUGH TO DO A SINGLE MANNED MOON MISSION. Just to give you the idea of the kind of power required for an ALL-INCLUSIVE MANNED MOON MISSION...

The USSR was foolish enough to have wanted to try. The Americans were smarter, they knew it was impossible to do it in the 60's. So they "beat the Soviets to it" by doing it all within a movie studio!

Now China says you don't need a SINGLE POWERFUL ROCKET if you have the advanced SPACE DOCKING TECH required to deploy two rockets (and have them dock together in outer space)...

 

So you all know how much difficult it is to achieve a manned moon landing today, let alone in the 60's...

You're telling me this thing / kind of rocket power (see image below) absolutely CANNOT / insufficient to achieve a manned lunar mission!?!? BUT IT'S THE TRUTH!! It's why China gotta do an outer space docking using two or more rockets to make it all work!

 

A couple of more awesome Chinese rocket exhaust pics:

 

Sending peeps to the moon is sooo twentieth century!
Its been more than 50 years & nobody else has sent people there.
I, personally see NO practical reasons for having people on the moon.
First time, ('70's), we did it, was mainly to beat the USSR there.
"We da best!!"

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