The Moon base will be able to conduct scientific research within a 100km (62-mile) radius of the lunar south pole. The network of research facilities will expand from the south pole to the equator and far side by 2050.
The ILRS will be a “comprehensive lunar station network that utilizes the lunar orbit station as its central hub and the south pole station as its primary base, and it will include exploration nodes on the lunar equator and the far side of the Moon,” said Wu Weiren, the chief designer of the Sino lunar program, according to state media outlet Xinhua. Interestingly, China believes that after the completion of ILRS, the station will also help build the foundation for further crewed landings on Mars.
China plans to work with 50 countries on this mission, and in that direction, it already has partnered with 13 nations—Russia, Venezuela, Belarus, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, South Africa, Egypt, Nicaragua, Thailand, Serbia, Kazakhstan, and the latest being the country of Senegal. ILRS is being seen as a rival to the US’s ambitious Artemis program, which makes this lunar colonization competitive and interesting.
Wu Weiren said at another event, “So far, we have signed agreements with more than 10 countries and nearly 30 international research institutions. We hope to work with 50 countries by inviting 500 foreign scientific research institutions, and 5,000 foreign scientific research personnel to jointly build our international lunar scientific research station.”
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