CHINA has launched an uncrewed lunar mission which aims to bring back samples from the Moon’s “dark side” for the first time in history.
The launch marks a major step forward in China’s space program and in the global battle for dominance of the Moon, which experts say is reminiscent of the “Wild West”.
China’s Chang’e-6 robotic spacecraft is hoped by President Xi Jinping to be the first mission to collect rock and soil samples from the far side of the Moon to bring home to Earth to be studied by scientists.
But China is also said to be developing weapons which would be able to destroy, disable, or hijack satellites that the US military relies on to operate around the world.
Astrophysicist and space scientist Prof Martin Barstow said China,…
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