China dreams of flying to the moon

Efforts to build a rocket for human flight to the moon will be made by Chinese scientists in the next five years.

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The Chinese government has just released the third white paper on the development of the cosmic industry. The book says that the study of long-range boosters - which is essential for flying people to the moon - will take place over the next five years, China Daily reported.

However, Mr. Zhang Wei, a spokesman for the China Space Agency, said the time to send people to the moon has not been fixed.

With the third White Paper on the development of the aerospace industry, China wants
Become the first country to bring people to the moon since the trip
explored the last "sister Hang" in 1972.

After the last American astronauts to the moon in 1972, mankind has not witnessed any more flights to send people to the earth's satellite.

Experts say, although China has achieved some groundbreaking achievements in bringing people to orbit on Earth, but Beijing cannot hurry in its ambition to conquer the moon. The attempt to explore the moon requires a technically different level of technology that China possesses, especially the technology of rocket propulsion.

During the first flight to the moon in 1969, the US used a Saturn V rocket to push Apollo-11. Pang Zhihao, deputy editor of Space International magazine in China, said Saturn was able to push 120 tons onto Earth's low orbit, and the Apollo-11 had 50 tons.

'Compared to ships that send people to Earth orbit, the spacecraft for the flight to the moon must be heavier and able to travel much further. So a boosted rocket is a necessity , 'Pang said.

Chinh Chinh-5, China's largest rocket, was designed to bring up to 25 tons to a low orbit and a maximum of 10 tons to a geostationary orbit. The White Paper said that the Truong Chinh-5 missile would be used to bring large-sized artificial satellites and parts of the Chinese space station to space. Beijing has yet to own a rocket strong enough to serve the flight to the moon. Currently, Chinese scientists are building larger versions of missiles, including Truong Chinh-6 and Truong Chinh-7.