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THIS ISSUE’S CONTENTS - PRC Investment Regulatory Updates ...........................................................................................2 Critical and Emerging Technologies ................................................................

25 Jun 2024

On May 3, the sixth mission of China’s Lunar Exploration program, named Chang’e after the Chinese moon goddess, blasted off from southern China’s Hainan Island,46 and as of early June, the mission’s lunar lander had successfully reached the moon’s surface, collected samples, and begun its ascent to return to Earth.47 The mission has been challenging because the landing site was on the moon’s large. [...] Instead, China relied on a satellite it previously placed in lunar orbit to relay signals from Earth to the lander.48 Assuming the Chang’e 6 mission succeeds overall, it will pave the way for the PRC to conduct further surveys of the moon’s far side during Chang’e 7 and 8 and to eventually establish a crewed, permanent lunar base with a target date of 2036.49 According to space policy expert Namra. [...] The mission under the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA’s) Artemis program plans to send astronauts to the moon as early as 2026.52 According to a report by the Asahi Shimbun, NASA agreed to provide Japan two seats on future crewed missions in exchange for Japan developing a lunar rover for later Artemis missions.53 Japan is party to the Artemis Accords, a series of bilateral a. [...] Besides Japan, several other key US allies with active space programs are signatories to the accords and are looking to participate in the Artemis program, including France, Italy, and the United Kingdom.55 However, according to the Director of the European Space Policy Institute in Vienna, by providing the seats on future crewed missions to Japan ahead of European allies, the US has made a “geopo. [...] The provision of this data and/or source code is without warranties or guarantees to the Recipient Party by the Supplying Party with respect to the intended use of the supplied information.

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Stovall Alfred

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