China News Service, Beijing, April 5 (Reporter Ma Shuaisha) Regarding the progress of China-Thailand aerospace cooperation, Guan Feng, director of the Lunar Exploration and Space Engineering Center of the China National Space Administration, said in Beijing on the 5th that since the Chang'e-7 and Chang'e-8 missions Since opening up opportunities for international cooperation, China has received applications from Thailand to carry scientific payloads. The Chang'e-7 mission has selected a space weather monitor jointly developed by Thailand's Ministry of Higher Education and Thailand's National Institute of Astronomy to observe cosmic radiation and space weather from a lunar perspective.
Guan Feng also revealed that the Chang'e-8 mission provides opportunities for international cooperation to carry 200 kilograms. It has received multiple applications for lunar surface operating robots and scientific payloads from Thailand, and is currently undergoing project selection. The teams of both parties will conduct further cooperation and communication in the near future. In the future, China and Thailand will carry out extensive cooperation in the demonstration, implementation, operation and application of the international lunar scientific research station, including but not limited to joint demonstration of scientific objectives, joint design and development, joint research and development, joint testing, joint scientific data research, and joint talents training and other aspects.
Regarding the progress of the construction of the international lunar scientific research station, Guan Feng said that China is currently implementing the fourth phase of the lunar exploration project, and the main goal is to build a basic model of the international lunar scientific research station. The follow-up international lunar scientific research station mission is under in-depth demonstration. In terms of international cooperation, China has signed cooperation agreements with more than a dozen countries and international organizations, and welcomes more countries and international organizations to discuss, build and share together to jointly build human lunar scientific research facilities.
Currently, many countries have expressed their willingness to participate in the construction of international lunar scientific research stations. Guan Feng said that exploring the vast universe is the common dream of all mankind. Lunar exploration can not only answer scientific questions such as where the moon came from and the relationship between the earth and the moon, but also answer application questions about how to use lunar resources, such as whether helium-3 can be extracted and whether vegetables can be grown in lunar soil. Currently, lunar exploration is still dominated by single missions. To answer these questions, large-scale, long-term scientific exploration of the moon is needed. This is also the original intention of China’s initiative to jointly build an international lunar scientific research station.
Guan Feng said that China is willing to, under the guidance of the principles of the United Nations Charter and the Outer Space Treaty, welcome international partners to participate in the joint demonstration, construction and implementation, operation and maintenance, and scientific research of the international lunar scientific research station at all stages and levels of the mission. research and other activities to protect the rights of all countries to peacefully explore outer space.
Guan Feng pointed out that after the International Lunar Research Station is completed, it will become a scientific experimental facility that gathers global superior scientific and technological resources, strengthens international exchanges in lunar exploration and scientific research, provides a talent training system platform for emerging space countries, and promotes international complementarity of space technology and innovation achievements. , compatible and shared, work together to expand human understanding of the moon and the universe, and serve the progress of human civilization. (over)