China reveal plans to ‘COLONISE space’ by building HOUSES on the Moon

Chinese officials said they will conduct three successive missions to explore the moon’s surface and examine the conditions, prior to building homes using advanced 3D technology. Officials from China National Space Administration (CNSA) have also announced plans to return back to the moon this year with the Chang’e-5 mission. Beijing aims to upgrade its space exploration, with hopes to land on Mars by 2020 – beating the US, Russia and other countries who also plan to colonise space. A high-ranking official from CNSA said the mission will cost the same as building one kilometre of underground railway. 

Dr Wu Yanhua, deputy director of the National Space Administration and deputy commander of lunar exploration projects, said in a press conference: “Chang’e-5 will return mission sampling from the surface of the moon around the end of this year.

He added: “Our country’s first Mars exploration mission will take place before and after 2020.”

On 3 January, Chang’e 4’s lunar probe successfully landed on the Von Kármán crater – located on the far side of the moon – in a groundbreaking mission.

The lunar probe and its rover, Yutu-2, sent back a panoramic image of the moon last week, showing the cratered landscape.

Chang’e-4’s 360° lens captured the Yutu-2 – also known as Jade Rabbit 2 – who also captured images of the lander.

A post from the Yutu-2 rover’s social media account on Chinese microblogging website Weibo on January 11 read: “Would you like to take a 360-degree moon walk? Here is a high-resolution panoramic photo of the moon taken by my fourth sister.

“Just now, my fourth sister looked around and captured the environment around us with a ring-shaped topographic camera, which included me, can you see?”

Chang’e-4, which was previously scheduled for 2015, will be a test mission before researchers deploy Chang’e 5 next year.

Change’e 5 is scheduled for 2019 to collect lunar rock samples from the moon.

Upon Chang’e 5’s successful completion, The Chinese Lunar Exploration Program will launch Chang’e 6, aboard a Long March 5 rocket in 2020 as a follow up mission to explore the south pole of the moon.

source: express.co.uk