Significance and reflection of lunar exploration

Authors

Jiaqi LIU, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, ChinaFollow

Keywords

Moon; lunar sample; lunar age; Chang'e-5; Chang'e-6

Document Type

Think Tank Viewpoint

Abstract

Although China's lunar exploration project started later than the Soviet Union and the United States, it is the first country to land probes and retrieve samples on both the right side and the reverse side of the Moon. There have been many major breakthroughs in space technology, and many important achievements in scientific research as well. It has extended the life of the Moon for about 1 billion years.

First page

742

Last Page

747

Language

Chinese

Publisher

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences

References

1 Che X C, Nemchin A, Liu D Y, et al. Age and composition of young basalts on the Moon, measured from samples returned by Chang'e-5. Science, 2021, 374: 857-890.

2 Li Q L, Zhou Q, Liu Y, et al. Two-billion-year-old volcanism on the Moon from Chang'e-5 basalts. Nature, 2021, 600: 54-58.

3 Snape J F, Nemchin A A, Bellucci J J, alet, Lunar basalt chronology, mantle differentiation and implication for determining the age of the Moon. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2016, 451: 149-158.

Recommended Citation

LIU, Jiaqi (2024) "Significance and reflection of lunar exploration," Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version): Vol. 40 : Iss. 4 , Article 18.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.16418/j.issn.1000-3045.20250209003
Available at: https://bulletinofcas.researchcommons.org/journal/vol40/iss4/18