Beijing maintains that outer space is an area for cooperation, not contest<\/p>\n
The US is \u201cvery much in a space race\u201d against China as the two nations look to land humans on the Moon and establish permanent bases there in the coming years, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has said.
\nThe US remains the only country to have sent manned missions to the Moon, with American astronauts visiting the Earth\u2019s satellite six times as part of the Apollo program between 1969 and 1972.
\nDuring an interview with \u2018Face the Nation\u2019 on CBS on Sunday, Isaacman stressed that the Chinese \u201cwill land their taikonauts on the Moon \u2013 there\u2019s no question.\u201d Beijing\u2019s lunar program is \u201cmoving at incredible speeds,\u201d he added.
\n\u201cThe question is \u2013 will the US return before them and will we do so in a different way this time? Will we build the base, establish that enduring presence? I think the answer is yes,\u201d the NASA chief said.
\nAccording to Isaacman, the American and Chinese timelines for putting humans on the Moon are very close. \u201cThey are thinking in 2029, we\u2019re saying end of 2028 is when we\u2019re targeting the landing. That\u2019s months, not years,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n
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The US sent a crew on a flyby of the Moon in April as part of its Artemis mission in preparation for a planned landing in two years\u2019 time.
\nNASA will also begin building a lunar base in 2027, so when astronauts reach the surface \u201cthere\u2019s going to be a buggy there, a lunar terrain vehicle, there\u2019s going to be a start of infrastructure,\u201d Isaacman said.
\n\u201cBut I would say, early 2030s, the Moon is going to be like the International Space Station. You\u2019re going to have crews that are there on pretty extended periods of time, as we learn in that environment and prepare for Mars,\u201d he added.
\nBeijing has repeatedly said it has no intention of engaging in a space race with Washington, with Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun reiterating earlier this year that \u201cspace is not an arena for major country contest.\u201d
\n\u201cChina will continue to work with various countries for open space cooperation and advance the common endeavor of humanity in exploring outer space,\u201d Guo said.
\nChina proposed working together with the US but NASA remains legally banned from any collaboration with China\u2019s space agency under the 2011 Wolf Amendment.<\/p>\n
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Instead, China has expanded cooperation in space with Russia in recent years. In 2021, the two countries announced the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) project, with Russia seeking to build a power station on the Moon to provide energy for a base within the next decade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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