China Set to Launch Moon Mission Bound to Interfere With NASA’s Current LADEE Project

By Russell Westerholm

China is all but ready to launch its own moon mission, but will not do so without hearing from the agency that is currently conducting its own lunar labor.

According to Space.com, China is entering the final stages of preparing its Chang’e 3 moon lander that is scheduled to launch in early Dec. The mission’s first phase will be to orbit the moon, then to land and dispatch a rover on the lunar surface.

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