Possibility of China-India cooperation in lunar exploration – Dainik Savera Times
What has most attracted the world’s attention in the field of international lunar exploration in recent years is the achievements of China and India. China’s “Chang-A” spacecraft has succeeded in landing on the Moon six times in the past twenty years, especially on June 25, 2024, Chang-A 6 completed a 53-day space journey and collected a rock from the Moon, 380,000 kilometers away. Brought back samples. Which is a new world record. On the other hand, India’s Chandrayaan-3 successfully landed at the designated landing site on the south pole of the Moon on August 23, 2023.
In recent years, the world’s space powers, including NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), have not made significant progress in lunar exploration. In comparison, China’s exploration of the far side of the Moon, and India’s landing on the Moon’s south pole, both prove to be important events in the history of human lunar exploration. No matter which country makes lunar exploration achievements, they are all part of mankind’s progress in exploring unknown worlds. Another thing worth discussing is that the achievements of China and India in the exploration of Mars are not behind America and the West.
China plans to launch the Tianwen-3 Mars probe around 2028, and it could enable humans to return Mars samples to Earth for the first time. On the other hand, on 24 September 2014, India’s “Mangalyaan” successfully entered the orbit of Mars, making India successful in traveling to Mars in its first attempt. Another thing worth noting is that China and India have made achievements in the discovery of water molecules and helium-3 elements on the Moon. India’s “Chandrayaan-3” landed in the south pole of the Moon.
If the investigation can confirm the presence of water in the Moon’s south pole, it will be very beneficial for mankind’s future use of the Moon. On the other hand, the discovery of elements such as helium 3 by China’s lunar probe reflects mankind’s long-term desire to develop lunar resources. In addition, China and India’s lunar exploration activities tend to cost less and achieve greater results than similar activities in the US, which has created experience for other developing countries in similar space activities in the future. As China and India are the only countries in the developing world capable of lunar exploration, active and beneficial cooperation between them is naturally appropriate.
On May 3, 2024, China’s Chang’e 6 flew to the Moon carrying survey instruments from France, Italy, ESA and Pakistan. Later, 18 countries shared lunar soil samples brought back by China. After the International Space Station is retired in 2031, China’s Tiangong Space Station will become the only space station operating in orbit. China is open to international space cooperation and welcomes joint scientific research activities with other countries on the peaceful uses of space. If China and India take a sincere approach to cooperation, it is entirely possible for China and India to cooperate in space exploration and lunar exploration.
(Credits- China Media Group, Beijing)
