China-led lunar bases, including nuclear power plants on the moon’s surface, space officials

A preliminary plan for the International Lunar Research Station (ILR), led by China and Russia, includes building a nuclear reactor on the lunar surface, a speech by Chinese space officials on Wednesday showed.

A speech by Pei Zhaoyu, chief engineer of China’s 2028 Chang’e-8 mission, suggests that the energy supply at the base may also depend on large solar arrays, which will be built on the lunar surface.

China’s Chang’e-8 mission is designed to lay the foundation for the construction of a permanent manned lunar calendar. The world’s second largest economy is aiming to become the main space capability and land astronauts on the moon by 2030.
China’s timeline for establishing outposts at the Moon’s Antarctic is more ambitious and advanced

Artemis Program

the purpose is to get our astronauts back to the surface of the moon in December 2025. Wu Weiren, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and chief designer of the China Lunar Exploration Project, said last year that the “basic model” of the ILR is the “basic model” of the moon’s South Pole, and its core will be built by 2035. Wu.

In the future, China will create “555 projects” and invite 50 countries, 500 international scientific research institutions and 5,000 overseas researchers to join the ILR.