Beijing, Nov 15, 2024 (AFP) - China tests building Moon base with lunar soil bricks

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China is expected to push forward in its quest to build the first lunar base on Friday, launching an in-space experiment to test whether the station's bricks could be made from the Moon's own soil. Brick samples will blast off aboard a cargo rocket heading for China's Tiangong space station, part of Beijing's mission to put humans on the Moon by 2030 and build a permanent base there by 2035. It is a daunting task: any structure has to withstand h......

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