Slowly but methodically, China is making progress on its Chang'e lunar exploration program.
With only one objective: to prepare the sending of a taikonaut, a Chinese astronaut, to the Moon.
"There is science which is grafted onto the Chang'e 5 probe program, as for the previous ones, but we must not believe that this is a scientific mission"
, explains Philippe Coué, independent researcher and author of several books on the Chinese space program (*).
“What the Chinese are trying to do is master all the operations necessary to send an astronaut to the moon and bring him back.
This requires the characterization of the lunar environment, and future moon landing sites, but also by the development of space techniques, such as the rendezvous in orbit around the Moon, essential to get there. "
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For this crucial program, the possibility of failure is considered, and all probes are built in duplicate, with a replacement ready.
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