Shanghai. Preliminary plans for the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) led by China and Russia include the construction of a nuclear reactor in Lunar Lasperficie, a Chinese space responsible revealed during the presentation of the project.
Pei Zhaoyu, Chinese Chief Engineer Chang’e-8 Of 2028, he showed that the base energy supply would depend on large -scale solar panels, which would be built on the lunar surface.
The Chinese mission Chang’e-8 It aims to place the foundations for the construction of a permanent manned lunar base. The second world economy aspires to become a great spatial power and alunizar astronauts in 2030.
China’s calendar to build an advanced position in the South Pole of the Moon coincides with the NASA Artemis program, more ambitious and advanced, which aims to return US astronauts to the lunar surface in December 2025.
Wu Weiren, a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and designer Chief of the Chi-No Lunar Exploration Project, announced last year that a basic model
of Ilrs, with the South Pole of the Moon as a nucleus, by 2035.
Lunar tube throws Chang’e are part of the construction phase of the basic model
Wu outlined.
In the future, China will create project 555, inviting 50 countries, 500 international scientific research institutions and 5,000 foreign researchers to join the ILRS.