We own it.
They have to get there first.
they could use the moon’s vast resources to build millions of crappy plastic toys that break really easily
Been there, done that.
What does it mean to survey the moon. When my lot was surveyed they put a piece of rebar and cap on each of the four main corners. They never went into the interior of the parcel. I could have a one acre pond in the middle and they would not have noticed.
“China’s unmanned spacecraft recalled from the Moon due to use of unsafe, led-based, red paint.”
Are they planning to make cheap knock-offs and sell them?
experiments to link passing spacecraft, ...........................................hummmmm: Very interesting..................
>> China plans to survey all of the moon’s surface before eventually bringing bits of the planet back to Earth.
Task one ... survey every inch of the definition of “planet”.
Good grief. As yet, China’s scientific prowess is not particularly impressive. They can’t even make non-toxic dog food, reasonably nonthreatening toothpaste or tires where the treads don’t come off ... many a Chinaman will likely die in half-assed homemade rockets that are supposedly moonbound.
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If they're that ambitious....
Is ‘every inch’ of the Earth even surveyed?
After reading this exceptionally written article, I have a hunch China is going to map every inch of the moon. sarc/
You think we have a problem with academic grants, imagine China.
They will employ 10,000 surveyers and grad students to survey and record the details of every single square inch of the moon.
how come chinese nationalism is ok,
but american nationalism
is not ok?
The bureaucrats who staff China’s version of NASA aren’t stupid. They’ve learned that to get big investments, they’ve got to promise the moon. Just wait till the Chinese government spends $50b and gets to where we are today - 30 years later. I sure hope they go down that rabbit hole. Better that they throw their money away on moon-related research than allocate it to new and improved weaponry.