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China unveils video of its moon base plans, which weirdly includes a NASA space shuttle (www.space.com)

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The China National Space Administration (CNSA) has released a video of its concept for a lunar base to be developed across the next couple of decades.

CNSA unveiled the video on Wednesday (April 24) as part of the country's annual space day celebrations. The project is known as the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) and was jointly announced in 2021 by China and Russia.

China is now leading the moon base initiative and attempting to attract international partners for the endeavor. So far, alongside China, Russia, Venezuela, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Belarus, South Africa, Egypt, Thailand and Nicaragua have joined the initiative, according to Space News.

One curious detail of the video is the presence of a retired NASA Space Shuttle appearing to lift off from a launch pad in the background.

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[-] phx@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

Or just ... use it like a port where other nations can rent landing space? Maybe even share resources like the ISS does and charge others rent

[-] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

NASA hasn‘t used a space shuttle in how many years? They just used assets to make a quick render of something that will never be. It‘s a poor PR stunt. Don‘t read too much into it.

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