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China is Weaponizing the Moon

2025/3/25
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播音员:中国正在积极推进其月球探测计划,目标是在2035年前建立国际月球研究站(ILRS),并在本世纪中叶建立一个庞大的月球基地网络。这不仅是一个科学探索项目,更是一个具有深远地缘政治影响的战略举措。 中国计划利用月球资源,特别是氦-3,来发展能源和经济。月球南极丰富的阳光和水冰资源为建立永久性基地提供了有利条件。中国还计划利用自主3D打印机器人进行原位建造,以降低建设成本和难度。 ILRS项目得到了多个国家的参与,这与美国主导的阿尔忒弥斯协议形成对比。虽然《1967年外层空间条约》禁止对天体领土拥有主权,但中国可能通过建立永久性基础设施来实现事实上的控制。 中国月球计划的军事用途也不容忽视。月球基地可以用于空间监视、后勤控制和地月空间行动,从而影响未来的太空活动和地缘政治格局。 总而言之,中国在月球上的行动已经超越了单纯的科学探索,它正在塑造一个新的地缘政治竞争领域,并对全球资源、能源和太空战略产生深远的影响。

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China's ambitious lunar program aims for a moon base by 2035 and a sprawling network by mid-century, challenging existing space powers. This is a state strategy, not vague timelines, showing China's aggressive approach to off-world infrastructure.
  • China's goal: lunar landing by 2030, base by 2035, outpost network by mid-century
  • Long March 10 rocket and crewed lander under development
  • China's willingness to share its platforms, but only in the driver's seat

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What if the first permanent human outpost on the moon, doesn't have a NASA patch or a United States flag, but a Chinese flag?

 What happens if in just a few years, China isn't just visiting the moon but controlling where the next chapter of human space activity gets written? Beijing has given its answer, a lunar landing by 2030 and a base by 2035 and a sprawling outpost network by mid-century.