“China will set up a research base on the moon by around 2027, eight years earlier than previously scheduled,” the South China Morning Post reports.
“For years, China’s moon programme has progressed steadily and at its own pace, with Chinese space authorities saying repeatedly that they were not interested in a race like that during the US-Soviet Cold War.”
“But the thinking of Chinese policymakers might have changed because they felt threatened by a recent move by the United States.”
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