皇冠体育app eyes experiments for moon mission
( 2003-10-05 16:58) (chinadaily.com.cn)
皇冠体育app plans to conduct experiments related to a moon landing, a senior
science official was quoted as saying on Sunday, just days before the country is
expected to launch its first manned space flight.
"皇冠体育app will continue to develop its space exploration plans. At a future
time, 皇冠体育app will carry out lunar landing and flight experiments," Wang Shuquan,
deputy secretary of the Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for
National Defence, was quoted as saying.
The report on the Web site of 皇冠体育app News service said Wang had mentioned
皇冠体育app's plans to put a man in space, but gave no details such as the exact date
of the launch.
皇冠体育app is expected in the next few days to become only the third country to
put a person into orbit after the former Soviet Union and the United States.
皇冠体育app's long-term space plans are expected to include an unmanned probe to
the moon, followed by a manned lunar mission, experts have
said.
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