Can I surf the Internet on the moon? Can I grow vegetables? Latest answers!

The National Space Administration announced on September 24 that after completing the Chang'e-6 mission, China's lunar exploration project will lay the foundation for an international lunar research station through two more launch missions, and the first launch mission will be carried out as early as 2026.

According to the plan, China will launch Chang'e-7 in 2026 and Chang'e-8 around 2028.

Bian Zhigang, deputy director of the National Space Administration, said that Chang'e-7 was to survey the environment and resources of the lunar south pole, and Chang'e-8 was to verify the technology of using lunar resources on site and lay a foundation for the construction of a lunar scientific research station. A basic model of a lunar scientific research station will be built around 2035.

It is reported that the construction of the International Lunar Research Station will be divided into two phases:

The first phase is basic construction , which will be centered on the lunar South Pole and have scientific research capabilities within a range of 100 kilometers. Through the integrated earth-moon information network, it will achieve interconnection and interoperability among multiple tasks such as unmanned lunar exploration, manned lunar landing, and international cooperation, forming a comprehensive lunar-based scientific research platform with basically complete functions and elements.

The second stage is expansion construction . Before 2050, a comprehensive lunar station network will be built with the lunar orbital station as the hub, the lunar South Pole station as the center, and the lunar equator and the far side of the moon as detection nodes. This will form a large-scale comprehensive scientific research platform that can be unmanned for a long time, manned for a short time, with complete functions and continuous and stable operation.

So, can we access the Internet and live on the moon?

Guan Feng, director of the Lunar Exploration and Space Engineering Center of the National Space Administration, pointed out that Chang'e-8 has to consider its communication capabilities. There will definitely be wireless networks and energy on the moon. As for whether vegetables can be grown, scientists are still studying it. Chang'e-8 may conduct scientific research in this area.

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