{"id":216010,"date":"2022-11-26T19:19:59","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T13:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=216010"},"modified":"2022-11-26T19:19:59","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T13:49:59","slug":"china-plans-to-build-its-first-moon-base-powered-by-nuclear-energy-by-2028","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/china-plans-to-build-its-first-moon-base-powered-by-nuclear-energy-by-2028\/","title":{"rendered":"China plans to build its first moon base powered by nuclear energy by 2028"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article <\/span><b>\u201cChina plans to build its first moon base powered by nuclear energy by 2028\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in <\/span><b>Business Standard <\/b>on<b> 26th November.<\/b><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China plans to build its first base on the moon by 2028 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">followed by the landing of astronauts there in the years that follow.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>About China\u2019s Lunar Base<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China\u2019s Lunar base will likely be powered by nuclear energy. (N<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">uclear energy can provide long-term, high-power energy requirements for the lunar base).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its basic configuration will consist of a lander, hopper, orbiter and rover, all of which will be constructed by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/chinese-activity-in-the-cis-lunar-space-in-recent-years\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chang\u2019e <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6, 7 and 8 missions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What are China\u2019s ambitious plans in Space?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China has ramped up its ambitions in space in recent years by sending probes to the moon, building its own space station and setting its sights on Mars. The plans have put it in direct competition with the US.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2019, China became the first country to land a rover on the far side of the moon and later brought back its first lunar samples. The base is intended to be the first outpost on the moon\u2019s South Pole, an area scientists think is the best place to find water.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NASA is also targeting that part of the moon. China aims to eventually expand the base into an international research station.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cChina plans to build its first moon base powered by nuclear energy by 2028\u201d published in Business Standard on 26th November. What is the News? China plans to build its first base on the moon by 2028 followed by the landing of astronauts there in the years&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/china-plans-to-build-its-first-moon-base-powered-by-nuclear-energy-by-2028\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">China plans to build its first moon base powered by nuclear energy by 2028<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[10503],"class_list":["post-216010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-business-standard","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704913535},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216010\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}