In Britain, they envied the early mining of minerals on the moon and asteroids by China

2023-07-01 01:57:00

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The head of the British Space Command prophesied China’s mining in space “in our lifetime”

The PRC will begin to mine minerals on the Moon and asteroids in the coming decades. This was stated in an interview with the Times newspaper by the head of the British Space Command, Paul Godfrey.

He recalled that Chinese astronauts have already delivered samples of lunar soil to Earth and plan to continue moving in this direction. Recently, a White Book was published in Beijing, in which information about the most important minerals on the Earth’s satellite was published. Godfrey emphasized that mining in space will become a reality “in our lifetime”.

China started a lunar sounding program called “Chang’e” in 2007; then the first Chinese lunar satellite was launched. In 2019, China landed its first spacecraft on the far side of the moon.

At the end of 2022, the Chang’e-5 probe brought 1731 grams of lunar soil to Earth. China became the third state in the world after the USA and the USSR, which was able to accomplish such a task.