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The following is from [url=http://www.newscientist.com/news/print.jsp?id=ns99993452]http://www.newscientist.com/news/print.jsp...p?id=ns99993452[/url]
China plans three-phase Moon exploration
13:51 03 March 03 Will Knight
China has revealed further details of its plans to explore the Moon - the first unmanned probe could be launched by 2005, say officials. They also hinted that the motivation for the missions is to mine the Moon's resources.
The lunar program, named Chang'e after a legend about a fairy that visits the moon, would be in three phases. First an orbiter would be sent to the Moon, followed by a lander, and then finally a sample return craft.
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