Although China has achieved great progress in aerospace development, more hard work is needed to accomplish the lunar probe program. |
If there are no major problems, China's first unmanned satellite to the moon will be launched in 2007. |
Sending a man to the Moon? It would be a one-way ticket if we do it now, given the thrust of our rockets at present is not strong enough. |
The moon is 380,000 kilometers away from the earth. Sending the satellite there is a test of China's deep space exploration capability. |