China plans to land astronauts on moon before 2030, expand space station, bring on foreign partners

China’s burgeoning space program plans to place astronauts on the moon before 2030 and expand the country's orbiting space station, officials said Monday.

[grailness]

This is good, it will create another space race and will accelerate technological development

[xiaolvwuming]

Rocket launches “never get old”!China just made it looks so easy, but there are tremendous efforts behind it, good job China.

[GGY-yhli]

I think some people must be very sour. A country they hate keeps on achieving great things. Their worldview is collapsing every day.

[robvision]

NASA blocked China (but didn’t block Russia) from entering the global space community. China was like “cool I’ll check the moon out myself” 😎

[elvergia]

I can't wait till they have war in space. That's going to be epic

[ashbyalec]

These are American “journalists” praising a foreign nation. I’m not sure what punishment is called for—but I support the maximum version!

[nicholashpitts]

Lol we can’t go to the moon. And the anchor looks like he came from wish.

[lovelylipbonesouwwwwwwwolv]

I hope this challenges the US to want to visit the moon again...

[bogdog]

(Chinese land on the moon, step out of the lander, plant a flag of China on the surface and then immediately say "The moon is China too! You stay away!"

[bujabusiness]

We need to celebrate this . Congratulations to our brothers who joined us in space. We can make this world a better place if we could learn to get over ourselves and celebrate each other's accomplishments

[-on]

We didn't go to the moon in Hollywood 50 years ago

[nickmalone]

Those CHICOMS will love talking with reptlians up there

[evaldocarvalho]

Americans on the moon, this is another fake news, they never had been there.

[johnpedro]

It’s 1960s all over again. “The first to colonize the moon “.

[tygerbyrn]

Bread and circuses and whatever passes for Tang in China.

[Divinitys-course_]

Ugh, humans operate too slow. Why is landing on the moon still a grand feat? But you know what, this is our fault as a whole for being divided as a species.

[danpearson]

Here comes star wars. Space should be sovereign territory

[whiskeymonk]

Can"t wait for the new cgi. Van Allen belt anyone?

[samzhang]

Taiwan province, China--usa publicly admitted too many times

[slrflre]

i think we have bigger things to worry about right now on the current floating rock we're on than landing on the moon.