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#1 2021-06-19 10:48:35
- Mars_B4_Moon
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Chinese crewed moon landings
China has outlined a proposed architecture for getting astronauts to the moon and back as part of plans for long-term lunar exploration.
https://spacenews.com/china-outlines-ar … -landings/
A presentation at the 2020 China Space Conference in September details infrastructure including a new launch vehicle, new-generation spacecraft and a lunar lander, along with a potential lunar orbit module and crewed roving vehicle.
The prospective mission profile laid out in the presentation involves separate launches of crewed spacecraft and a lunar landing stack. The two would then rendezvous and dock once in lunar orbit before descending to the lunar surface.
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'There is no official word from China stating that a crewed lunar landing program has been approved. No timeline was offered at the event held in Fuzhou, capital of Fujian province.'
China is also preparing to begin its low Earth orbit space station project, with launch of the core module expected in the first half of 2021, followed by crew and cargo missions. The ten-year project will provide valuable human spaceflight experience but also command considerable resources.
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#2 2021-06-19 19:04:13
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Re: Chinese crewed moon landings
Say is not so as they have stopped copying the Russian Soyuz...
A bold departure to get to the moon...
NASA Chief Predicts US Race with China to Put Next Human on Moon
Nelson said NASA's $24.8 billion budget request for fiscal 2022 was adequate to advance US plans to return humans to moon in 2024.
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#3 2026-05-29 07:16:22
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Re: Chinese crewed moon landings
It is time for an update to this topic created by Mars_B4_Moon and seconded by SpaceNut...
https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/arti … 00052.html
The article at the link above provides details about plans to land Chinese crew on the Moon by 2030. This is a determined national effort. The article describes how all agencies are being coordinated to achieve the stated goal. A Moon lander is in preparation for launch this year. That should be fun to watch.
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#4 2026-05-29 09:11:09
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Re: Chinese crewed moon landings
I think it is silly to ballyhoo this into a race. The Chinese do good work. They will probably land a crew and get them home. But that does NOT mean they are ready to build a base on the moon.
I'm unsure that NASA is really ready to build a base on the moon. They as yet have no crew lander, and no large 1-way cargo landers, both of which are prerequisites for building a base at all! And thinking they can have either SpaceX or Blue Origin landers ready for crews in only a year is utter nonsense! I know better! Flight test does NOT go that smoothly! It never has, and it never will!
They also still have no inexpensive (cost-effective) way to send things to the moon. That requires assembly by docking and fueling at a space station in the right orbit. ISS is in the wrong orbit, and is wearing out to the point of endangering its crews. Gigantic budgets are going to bust any of their plans.
I've seen this budget-busting thing before, multiple times. The Space Shuttle was a kluged-up cluster instead of a clean and fully-reusable two-stage airplane, because of money. NASA was forced to use an idea from outside the agency (regarding lunar orbit rendezvous), in order to save money by getting down to 1 Saturn 5 launch per mission. The USAF space plane efforts of the late 50's and early 60's were shut down in favor of NASA's space capsules, because the country could not afford both approaches simultaneously, and the capsules were ready to fly first.
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