Originally published December 8 2005
China looks to the moon for fuel
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
China is planning an eventual moon mission around 2017, during which it plans to set up a moon-based astronomical telescope and measure the amount of helium-3 which many researchers think is a perfect, non-polluting fuel source.
Two Chinese astronauts orbited Earth for five days last month in the Shenzhou VI and China was now developing new craft up to the Shenzhou X, eyeing a permanent space station and an eventual moon mission, domestic media said this week.
"China will make a manned moon landing at a proper time, around 2017," leading scientist Ouyang Ziyuan was quoted by the Southern Metropolis News as saying.
The project also includes setting up a moon-based astronomical telescope, measuring the thickness of the moon's soil and the amount of helium-3 on the moon -- an element some researchers say is a perfect, non-polluting fuel source.
Some scientists believe there is enough helium-3 on the moon to power the world for thousands of years.
"We will provide the most reliable report on helium-3 to mankind," Ouyang said.
The United States unveiled a $104 billion plan in September to return Americans to the moon by 2018.
Its Apollo program carried the first humans to the moon in 1969.
China's first lunar orbiter could blast off as early as 2007, coinciding with its third manned space trip in which possibly three men would orbit Earth in Shenzhou VII and conduct a space walk.
China was designing a rocket that could carry a payload of 25 tons, up from a present limit of eight tons, the Beijing News reported this week, though it would unlikely be ready for another six-and-a-half years.
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