• Life2Space
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    1 year ago

    National pride, perhaps? The 2nd nation in history to land a human on the Moon would be absolutely astonishing.

    Additionally, to help in the establishment of a lunar base to serve as a platform for rocket launches to Mars or for mining operations; tasks that cannot be fully completed - even by robots.

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      1 year ago

      Exactly. China establishing a lunar base would pay off in dividends for future space exploration for decades.

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      1 year ago

      Pretty sure it would be the 3rd yeah? The Soviets also performed manned lunar landings.

      Edit: NVM my knowledge of that was incorrect it seems.

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        The Soviets never landed a human on the Moon, which is what I meant.

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          I stand corrected. I did not realize they never landed cosmonauts. I swear I thought I had read they did but then I have not a lot of knowledge of that area.