Chinese Plans for Space Exploration

By: Mike Bozee

A Chinese lunar satellite made contact with the moon today, which Beijing considered a controlled collision. The satellite had reached the end of its 16-month mapping of the entire moon's surface. In the future, China remains ambitious with its plans to send a man on the moon and develop a space station. Since China became the third nation to launch a manned spacecraft in orbit in 2003, it is evident that the country wishes to explore its capabilities with space exploration. China has announced that it plans to carry out its first space docking next year, which is an important step toward developing a space station. As China continues to made use of its space technologies, other leading countries will take notice and work with developing their own.