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There are some who believe a moon project for Africa will raise it's image and prove a new venue for learning.
January 11, 2015
China's bold plan (click here) to land an unmanned spaceship on the moon before returning to Earth has moved another step forward with a test craft shifting into lunar orbit to conduct further tests, state media reported Sunday.
The service module of a lunar orbiter that flew back to Earth in
November had been sitting in a position that brought in into sync with
Earth's orbit, known as the second Lagrange point. It had separated from
the orbiter in November.
The craft, loaded with support systems for operating a spaceship, will
collect further data to aid planning of the 2017 Chang'e 5 mission,
state broadcaster China Central Television said....
