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China Shoots the Moon: Mission Accomplished
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2134801 |
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| Authors | Philip J Cunningham (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Japan focus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1557-4660 • E-ISSN: 1557-4660 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1557466020030727 |
| OpenAlex | W4408533769 |
| Language | EN |
With China's Chang'e 5 rocket launch, which landed on the moon on December 1 and deposited a capsule in Inner Mongolia early in the morning on December 17 Beijing time after a 23 day voyage to the moon and back, the long US-Russian domination of space has a major challenger. The issues extend beyond national pride to a global leadership initiative in rocketry whose implications extend to military, economic and diverse scientific applications at a time of mounting US-China rivalry in all spheres
Archaeology · Astrobiology · Biology · China · Geography · Environmental Science · Space exploration and regulation · Geology
| Highly cited | No |
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