The two space agencies will fight for control of the Moon
Cold War 2.0 takes on a new dimension this time
Both China and the United States have identified potential common landing sites. Thus, both countries want to land in the south pole of the moon, a truly optimal place when working on the lunar satellite. Thus, the interests of both nations are revealed by control certain lunar resourcesand the competing countries seem Reach a new space race to see which space agency is more efficient.
We thus return to the times of the Cold War in which space exploration was just another battlefield. NASA has set its eyes on the six degrees latitude from the south pole and are 15 square kilometers in size. Meanwhile, a Chinese magazine has identified The 10 best places to land your spaceships and it turns out that they are very close to those of NASA.
The country’s Chang’e-7 mission is scheduled reach the moon in 2024, a plan very similar to the one maintained by NASA. However, the mission will not be manned, but rather aims to bring a Rover there.
It would be quite fortunate if both entities collaboratebut the truth is that they cannot since U.S. law prevents it.