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As NASA pivots to skipping the Moon to land people on Mars, China says it's narrowing down the site for its Lunar Base. (self.futurology)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by Lugh to c/futurology

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NASA's plans are up in the air once again. The latest plans, yet to be approved by Congress, seek to ditch the SLS/Artemis plans for the Moon, and instead focus on sending people to Mars. That suits SpaceX's agenda, and would send NASA's money their way.

This will make it certain the first human base on the Moon will be Chinese. That is planned for the early 2030's and in recent days the Chinese have spoken more about its location. They are mapping the lunar south pole for water, but still haven't found the ideal spot, but that the 2026 Chang'e-7 mission might narrow it down further.

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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

The Mars thing is such a fucking mistake. This has Lonnie n' Donny written all over it.

[–] Lugh 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I'm pretty sure in Trump's addled brain he thinks if the US gets a human on Mars first & plants the US flag, he can claim the whole planet as belonging to the US.