Chinese scientists to focus four tasks in moon probes
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-07-21 20:13
A leading Chinese lunar scientist said on Friday that the Chinese lunar
exploration program would focus on four major tasks.
Chinese scientists were scheduled to sketch a three-dimensional lunar map,
and analyze 14 mineral elements, including titanium and helium, said Ouyang
Ziyuan.
The other two tasks were to measure the temperature of the lunar surface by
microwave radiation technology, and probe the space environment between the
Earth and the Moon, he told the 36th Scientific Assembly of the Committee on
Space Research (COSPAR).
China's space agency plans to launch its first lunar orbiter Chang'e I in
2007. In 2010, it will launch an unmanned spacecraft for a soft landing on the
Moon.
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