China's Plan to Build a Lunar Base Sparks Space Race with the US
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According to Chinese scientists, China is planning to begin the construction of a lunar base within the next five years.
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China will be using lunar soil to create the first bricks for the base.
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NASA Administrator, Bill Nelson, has already warned that China may occupy resource-rich lunar regions by reaching the moon before others.
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Chinese experts are developing a brick making robot named "Chinese Super Masons" that will help build the habitats on the moon.
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NASA has its plans to build a permanent base on the lunar south pole.
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China aims to build first and send humans later while the USA plans to land astronauts on the lunar surface in 2025.
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While the first brick may be coming to the moon within the decade as a technology test on the Chang'e 8 mission, it could take a lot longer for humans to settle there.
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It might take 20 to 30 years or longer for humans to settle on the moon, but China wants to start working together now.
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The robot tasked with making the "lunar soil brick" will be launched during China’s Chang’e-8 mission around 2028.
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