Not long after China’s Chang’e-5 moon sampler was launched into space, an official working at China’s space program mentioned again the plan for a moon research base.
“Chang’e-6, 7 and 8 will be gradually carried out,” said Xu Hongliang, Secretary General at the China National Space Administration (CNSA), China’s equivalent of NASA.
“An international lunar research base is also planned,” he added
Zhang Kejian, head of CNSA who made it to the 2019 version of TIME 100 list, told the media back in 2019 that the moon base will be completed in “about 10 years.”
