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November 26, 2013

Spotlight on China's Moon Rover
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 26, 2013
The upcoming launch of China's Chang'e-3 Moon lander and rover follows a busy year for the Chinese space program. Awareness of China's growing strength in spaceflight is rising throughout the world. So much has been achieved in human and robotic spaceflight. Work towards even greater feats is advancing rapidly. China is moving forward in space, but as this analyst has long remarked, its policy of revealing its activities to the world has been lacking. China has always been somewhat cagey on its pl ... read more

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