The Chinese government considers the moon and outer space to be the universal heritage of mankind and supports their peaceful development, said the Deputy head Of the center for lunar research and space engineering of the Chinese national space administration
WENCHANG / China/, November 23. /TASS/. The Chinese authorities are ready to cooperate with other countries in the implementation of a national project to create a permanent research base on the moon. This was stated on Tuesday by the Deputy head Of the center for lunar research and space engineering of the Chinese national space administration (CNSA), the official representative of the Chang'e-5 project, Pei Zhaoyu.
"We have already mastered the basic technologies [necessary for studying the moon], and at the next stage we are going to create an object that will become a platform for more effective scientific research, for testing technologies," he told reporters at a press conference. "We invite the international community to participate in the program to create a lunar research station that will allow us to implement scientific projects while on the moon's surface for a long period of time."
According to the Deputy head of the research center, Beijing does not intend to limit itself to what has been achieved and will constantly boost lunar research. "One of our important tasks in studying the moon is to provide a more solid technical base that can be used in organizing scientific and pragmatic events," said Pei Zhaoyu.
Universal heritage of mankind
The Chinese government considers the moon and outer space to be the universal heritage of mankind and supports their peaceful development, supporting the UN position on this issue, Pei Zhaoyu said.
"This is a space intended for all of humanity. China supports the peaceful development of space, "he said." the Chinese Authorities approve of the UN decision that space has the status of public domain, and intend to strictly adhere to this rule. All our missions to explore The earth's natural satellite will be carried out for peaceful purposes."
According to Pei Zhaoyu, the Chinese leadership believes that the development of the moon is "a positive phenomenon, both in relation to this natural satellite of the Earth, and our planet, the entire outer space."
"China, in the course of implementing its lunar program, is guided exclusively by peaceful principles of development, striving to fulfill scientific and engineering tasks. Our scientific activities and space launches are open, this is obvious to everyone, " he stressed. According to the Deputy head of the research center, in the future, Beijing's lunar projects will become even more accessible and open to international cooperation.
"We are ready to cooperate with all countries," Pei Zhaoyu concluded.
China's moon exploration activities
China has started the next stage of its lunar program and soon, thanks to the returning Chang'e-5 spacecraft, plans to receive soil samples from The earth's natural satellite.
In January 2004, the state Council of the people's Republic of China approved the national program "Chang'e" for lunar exploration, and in October 2007, the first stage of the project "Chang'e-1" was launched, which took pictures from lunar orbit and broadcast from there the Patriotic song "Ode to the Motherland" by Chinese composer Wang Shen. "Chang'e-2" was sent into space in October 2010, its task was to study the conditions and choose a place for a future lunar landing. Chang'e-3 was launched in December 2013, the same month it made the first soft landing on the lunar surface in the history of Chinese cosmonautics.
The country made another breakthrough in January 2019, when for the first time a spacecraft reached the far side of the moon. The mission was completed by the Chang'e-4 interplanetary automatic station with the Yutu-2 lunar Rover.