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China Just Landed on the Moon's Far Side
by Mike Wall, Space.com, modified byGoal
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China's historic robotic mission to the moon's far side could preview some unprecedented human
exploration of Earth's nearest neighbor.
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Chinese officials have voiced a desire to send astronauts to the moon. The nation's leadership places a
premium on doing space-related things that have never been done before — such as landing on the
mysterious lunar far side which they successfully completed on January 2, 2019.
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China has serious crewed lunar ambitions that don't involve simply retracing the steps of NASA's
astronauts.
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"I think what we will see will be either more people, a more extended stay, or maybe landing at a pole
— something that'll make people say, 'Wow! That's not just replicating what other people have done,'" said
Dean Cheng, an expert on China's space program.
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"I could imagine a manned landing on the far side of the moon, though that's really risky," Cheng said.
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Another very real possibility, he added: Sending a woman to the lunar surface. All 12 of the Apollo
astronauts who walked on the moon between 1969 and 1972 were men.
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The first Chinese satellite didn't reach orbit until 1970, 13 years after the Soviet Union kicked off the
space age with the launch of Sputnik 1. But China has steadily improved its off-Earth expertise over the
decades and is now a major space power.
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For example, in 2003, China became just the third nation to launch astronauts into orbit, after the
Soviet Union and the United States. Since then, China has launched and sent people to two separate "space
labs” to help lay the groundwork for a full-on orbital outpost. China aims to have that up and running by
2022.
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Chinese space officials have discussed building a crewed "lunar palace," near the moon's south pole
and eventually sending astronauts all the way to Mars. The country has already performed a one-year mock
moon mission called Lunar Palace 1.
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There's little reason to doubt China's ability to pull off a crewed moon mission. Indeed, China could
well do it before NASA (which has said it aims to return astronauts to the lunar surface by the late 2020s).
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Political will is tough to maintain in the United States, because the U.S. has frequent handovers of
power. As a result, NASA’s major goals have often changed over the decades. For example, President George
W. Bush directed the agency to work to get astronauts back to the moon by 2020, but, in 2010, President
Barack Obama cancelled that program, shifting the human-spaceflight focus to a near-Earth asteroid. And
President Donald Trump recently made the moon the target once again.
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Such volatility does not plague the space program of authoritarian China. China has been ruled by the
Communist Party since 1949.
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The country isn't racing to beat the United States… but rather is embarked on a long-term program of
sustainable development.
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Text Annotation Task
Level 1
Read China Just Landed on the Moon’s Far Side and answer the question below.
Reread paragraphs 8-9 from the passage.
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For example, in 2003, China became just the third nation to launch
astronauts into orbit, after the Soviet Union and the United States. Since then,
China has launched and sent people to two separate "space labs” to help lay the
groundwork for a full-on orbital outpost. China aims to have that up and running
by 2022.
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Chinese space officials have discussed building a crewed "lunar palace,"
near the moon's south pole and eventually sending astronauts all the way to
Mars. The country has already performed a one-year mock moon mission called
Lunar Palace 1.
The central idea of paragraphs 8-9 is that China could become the first nation to have its own moon base.
Underline two pieces of evidence from paragraphs 8-9 that develop this.
9. Chinese space officials have discussed building a crewed "lunar palace," near the moon's south
pole
8. China has launched and sent people to two separate "space labs” to help lay
the groundwork for a full-on orbital outpost.
Short Answer
Level 2
Read China Just Landed on the Moon’s Far Side and answer the question below.
Reread paragraphs 4-5 from the passage.
The central idea of paragraphs 4-5 is that China has ambitious and unprecedented space goals. Cite
pieces of textual evidence from paragraphs 4 or 5 that develop this central idea.
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4. 'Wow! That's not just replicating what other people have done,'" saidDean Cheng, an expert on China's
space program…
5. "I could imagine a manned landing on the far side of the moon, though that's really risky," Cheng said.
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Level 3
Read China Just Landed on the Moon’s Far Side and answer the question below.
The author believes that China aspires to become a global leader by employing a strategic and long-term
space exploration plan. Cite three pieces of evidence from the entire text that develop this central idea.
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The country isn't racing to beat the United States… but rather is embarked on a long-term program of
sustainable development.
The two more evidence are hiding in the text
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