Beijing: China is fully prepared to make rapid strides in the field of space. China made a big announcement on Tuesday. China has said that it will work towards expanding its space program in the next few decades. China has revealed plans to launch a manned lunar mission, build a lunar space station, and explore habitable planets and life on other places besides Earth.
The country’s top space bodies unveiled the Long-Term Development Program for Space Science, which will guide the nation’s space science mission and space research planning from 2024 to 2050. The program released to the media here by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China National Space Administration, and China Manned Space Agency outlined China’s space science goals. It includes 17 priority areas under five major scientific themes and a three-phase format.
Life will be discovered on other planets.
CAS Vice President Ding Chibiao told the media here that the International Lunar Research Station initiated by China will be constructed during the second phase from 2028 to 2035. The program also outlines a roadmap for the development of space science in China until 2050. In the first phase, China will focus on space station operation by 2027, implementing a manned lunar exploration project, the fourth phase of its lunar exploration program, and the planetary exploration project. He said that under the new plan, scientists will also explore the habitability of planets located in the solar system and outside the solar system and search for life other than Earth.