China denies manned Moon mission plans

From: Ed Cannon (ecannon@mail.utexas.edu)
Date: Thu May 23 2002 - 20:35:54 EDT

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    > "China will not be launching a manned mission to the Moon in 
    > the foreseeable future, according to Ouyang Ziyuan, chief 
    > scientist of China's Moon exploration programme.
    >
    > In an exclusive interview with BBC News Online he said he 
    > wanted to clarify news reports in the Chinese media that 
    > Beijing would be putting a man on the Moon by 2010 with the 
    > establishment of a Moonbase soon afterwards.
    >
    > "We will explore the Moon certainly," he said from his office 
    > in Beijing, "but with unmanned spacecraft."  ....
    
    Complete story:
    
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/low/english/sci/tech/newsid_2000000/2000506.stm
    
    Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA
    
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