The country is already making progress with needed moon landing hardware.
Wu Yansheng, chairman of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation , the country's main space contractor,earlier this year giving an impression of what the future Chinese crewed lunar landing might look like.
The mission referred to by Wu Weiren would allow a short-term stay on the lunar surface. But China is also eyeing building a permanent base, known as theThe first steps for this ambitious project includeto test using 3D printing technology to create Lego-like bricks from lunar soil. "For questions of whether we can build a house, make bricks and have access to communication services on the moon, they are expected to be verified by
experiments, which will provide a guarantee for large-scale lunar scientific exploration in future," Wu said, referring to a robotic mission scheduled to launch in 2028.
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