China is making serious progress in its goal to land astronauts on the moon by 2030

 

China is going full throttle in its quest to land astronauts on the moon by 2030.

 

That was clearly evident in an Aug. 15 ground test of the first-stage propulsion system of the Long March 10 (CZ-10), the new rocket that China is building to send people toward the moon.

 

A variant launcher is the Long March-10A, which will launch China's Mengzhou piloted spacecraft and uncrewed Tianzhou freighter to further utilize and evolve the country's Tiangong space station in Earth orbit.

 

Read more:

https://tech.yahoo.com/science/articles/china-making-serious-progress-goal-180000133.html

 

 

Finally....humans are going to make it to the moon!

 

I wonder how the Chinese got through the firmament?

 

🤭

1 hour ago, CatCage said:

China is going full throttle in its quest to land astronauts on the moon by 2030.

 

I hope to see this live and in 4k resolution 👍

 

Strange how it will have taken  50 ++  years to get there 'again'

Was just thinking abt this recently. I could not think of any other occasion where we are technologically unable to do now what we could do 60 years ago. 

 

I think the answer to the moon landing riddle is obvious.

8 hours ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

Was just thinking abt this recently. I could not think of any other occasion where we are technologically unable to do now what we could do 60 years ago. 

 

I think the answer to the moon landing riddle is obvious.

Yeah, you should thank the Germans and W. von Braun team...

Apart from the F-1 rocket engine, which was state of the art at that time. Thanks Rocket Dyne engineers.

Or are you implying that the moon landing in 1969 never happened?

Astronauts or Sinonauts?

The USA can tell China, Welcome to 1969.  

18 hours ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

Was just thinking abt this recently. I could not think of any other occasion where we are technologically unable to do now what we could do 60 years ago. 

 

I think the answer to the moon landing riddle is obvious.

 

Yea.... and 500 years they faked the conquest of paradise, yet here you are

So far, only white astronauts have ever set foot on the moon—a striking reminder of how space exploration has mirrored the inequalities of Earth. When China eventually lands its astronauts there, it will not just be another technological triumph; it will be one small step for humankind and one giant leap for diversity. That historic moment will mark the end of an era in which moon exploration was the exclusive domain of white astronauts, ushering in a new chapter where space truly belongs to all of humanity.

18 hours ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

Was just thinking abt this recently. I could not think of any other occasion where we are technologically unable to do now what we could do 60 years ago. 

 

I think the answer to the moon landing riddle is obvious.

 

Oh, I don't know...

 

60 years ago, we could raise skinny kids who could do math on paper.  (Edit:  And knew which bathroom to use...)

 

11 minutes ago, nick supreme said:

So far, only white astronauts have ever set foot on the moon—a striking reminder of how space exploration has mirrored the inequalities of Earth. When China eventually lands its astronauts there, it will not just be another technological triumph; it will be one small step for humankind and one giant leap for diversity. That historic moment will mark the end of an era in which moon exploration was the exclusive domain of white astronauts, ushering in a new chapter where space truly belongs to all of humanity.

 

 

So far, only white astronauts have ever set foot on the moon—a striking reminder of how space exploration has mirrored the inequalities of Earth.

ushering in a new chapter where space truly belongs to all of humanity.

 

Totally agree, all 12 moon landees were all young white cisgender males with hair and a full head of teeth.

 

 

I feel that the elderly black toothless and bald transsexual community has been underrepresented in the field of space exploration for far too long.

 

 

 

 

 

19 hours ago, johng said:

 

I hope to see this live and in 4k resolution 👍

 

Strange how it will have taken  50 ++  years to get there 'again'

33 minutes ago, Mike_Hunt said:

The USA can tell China, Welcome to 1969.  

Well, then it was the "lefties" who got the US on the Moon. Now with TACO you can forget about it.

 

That EU?China summit is long overdue.

2 minutes ago, Peter Crow said:

Well, then it was the "lefties" who got the US on the Moon.

 

Ha ha very funny  leftie Nazi rocket scientists  🤣

 

Space X seems to be progressing well,  the lefties are now calling Elon Musk a Nazi too.

7 minutes ago, Peter Crow said:

Well, then it was the "lefties" who got the US on the Moon. Now with TACO you can forget about it.

 

That EU?China summit is long overdue.

Theres trump derangement, and then theres euro inferiority complex. Youve got both

8 minutes ago, johng said:

 

Ha ha very funny  leftie Nazi rocket scientists  🤣

 

Space X seems to be progressing well,  the lefties are now calling Elon Musk a Nazi too.

 

I reckon the Chinese will recover the original US flag and put it up on ebay with an 8-digit minimum bid. Assuming it can be found, or is even there to be found. 

Can I come to.

 

On 8/28/2025 at 12:14 PM, CatCage said:

China is making serious progress in its goal to land astronauts on the moon by 2030

 

China is going full throttle in its quest to land astronauts on the moon by 2030.

 

That was clearly evident in an Aug. 15 ground test of the first-stage propulsion system of the Long March 10 (CZ-10), the new rocket that China is building to send people toward the moon.

 

A variant launcher is the Long March-10A, which will launch China's Mengzhou piloted spacecraft and uncrewed Tianzhou freighter to further utilize and evolve the country's Tiangong space station in Earth orbit.

 

Read more:

https://tech.yahoo.com/science/articles/china-making-serious-progress-goal-180000133.html

And your point is...?

57 minutes ago, newbee2022 said:

And your point is...?

China is making serious progress in its efforts at space exploration ?

Good luck China. You will need it.

 

I've a feeling India will be the first ones on the moon; free to reap its riches. And open a corner shop.

Boring. We have been there already. Lots of rocks and dust

13 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Boring. We have been there already. Lots of rocks and dust

NASA plans to put a nuclear reactor on the moon. Here's what that means

The Trump administration is accelerating plans to place a nuclear reactor on the moon to power a base for humans.

The reactor would launch to the moon by 2030, according to a directive by acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy that was sent to NASA officials in July and obtained by NPR. It's an ambitious target that has some in the scientific community concerned about high costs and a potentially unrealistic schedule.

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/08/nx-s1-5493500/nasa-nuclear-reactor-on-the-moon-explainer

14 minutes ago, Alan Zweibel said:

It's an ambitious target that has some in the scientific community concerned about high costs and a potentially unrealistic schedule.

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/08/nx-s1-5493500/nasa-nuclear-reactor-on-the-moon-explainer

Typical of NPR lol. Always an agenda

1 hour ago, Alan Zweibel said:

NASA plans to put a nuclear reactor on the moon. Here's what that means

The Trump administration is accelerating plans to place a nuclear reactor on the moon to power a base for humans.

The reactor would launch to the moon by 2030, according to a directive by acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy that was sent to NASA officials in July and obtained by NPR. It's an ambitious target that has some in the scientific community concerned about high costs and a potentially unrealistic schedule.

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/08/nx-s1-5493500/nasa-nuclear-reactor-on-the-moon-explainer

Why is there a need (by the USA) to put a nuclear reactor on the moon?

 

AFAIK nobody actually lives on the moon/ 

 

What an enormous waste of money and resources. Considering that the money could be used to reduce the estimated $37 trillion plus national debt.

5 hours ago, billd766 said:

Why is there a need (by the USA) to put a nuclear reactor on the moon?

 

So that we can begin to exploit its wealth as we explore space.

On 8/29/2025 at 8:18 AM, nick supreme said:

So far, only white astronauts have ever set foot on the moon—a striking reminder of how space exploration has mirrored the inequalities of Earth. When China eventually lands its astronauts there, it will not just be another technological triumph; it will be one small step for humankind and one giant leap for diversity. That historic moment will mark the end of an era in which moon exploration was the exclusive domain of white astronauts, ushering in a new chapter where space truly belongs to all of humanity.

Gil Scott-Heron said it best.

12 hours ago, billd766 said:

Why is there a need (by the USA) to put a nuclear reactor on the moon?

 

AFAIK nobody actually lives on the moon/ 

 

What an enormous waste of money and resources. Considering that the money could be used to reduce the estimated $37 trillion plus national debt.

Where will they dump the spent nuclear fuel rods. Somewhere on the moon, or ship it back to earth for disposal, once again at an enormous cost?

 

Nobody has any idea if it will be safe to dump spent fuel rods on the moon for hundreds of years.

Wow ... landing humans on the moon, maybe some day 

16 hours ago, Yagoda said:

Typical of NPR lol. Always an agenda

Typical right wing response. Blame the messenger.

3 hours ago, Alan Zweibel said:

Typical right wing response. Blame the messenger.

I don't quite understand how pointing something out is blaming but you achieved your goal, you got your two cents in. Too bad it was stupid