the other mike
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While we were busy bombing the Middle East for oil, China's been busy building 30,000 miles of high speed rail systems and sending secret missions to the moon.
As a squadron of private engineering firms helps facilitate the United States’ new outer space ambitions, China’s government is ramping up its own mission to the moon and beyond.
China reached two potentially significant milestones in its growing space program over the past week, though both are somewhat shrouded in Beijing’s typical secrecy and were reported initially by state news agencies. Each case represents a next step in two long-term goals, lending credence to their announcement.
First, the country’s plans for building a lunar space station are now in development. Wu Weiren, who teaches at the Chinese Academy of Engineering and is in charge of designing the country’s lunar exploration program, offered an update on the mission on Tuesday while attending a ceremony for a new asteroid that was named in his honor by the China National Space Administration.
“The next steps in our lunar exploration endeavor will be challenging and demanding as we aim to set up a scientific outpost on the moon’s south pole,” Weiren said. “In the near future, we will also send our astronauts to land on the moon.”
observer.com
As a squadron of private engineering firms helps facilitate the United States’ new outer space ambitions, China’s government is ramping up its own mission to the moon and beyond.
China reached two potentially significant milestones in its growing space program over the past week, though both are somewhat shrouded in Beijing’s typical secrecy and were reported initially by state news agencies. Each case represents a next step in two long-term goals, lending credence to their announcement.
First, the country’s plans for building a lunar space station are now in development. Wu Weiren, who teaches at the Chinese Academy of Engineering and is in charge of designing the country’s lunar exploration program, offered an update on the mission on Tuesday while attending a ceremony for a new asteroid that was named in his honor by the China National Space Administration.
“The next steps in our lunar exploration endeavor will be challenging and demanding as we aim to set up a scientific outpost on the moon’s south pole,” Weiren said. “In the near future, we will also send our astronauts to land on the moon.”

China Makes Secret Spacecraft and Moon Landing Moves to Heat Up Space Race
China reached two potentially significant milestones in its growing space program over the past week, though both are somewhat shrouded in Beijing’s typical secrecy and were reported initiall…
