“The ability to cooperate with China in space depends on China,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said at an international space conference.IAC‘, according to the site outer space.
“There has to be an opportunity, and that didn’t happen,” Nelson added, noting that China and NASA had recently coordinated issues such as Mars spacecraft orbits, but added that there was a lack of transparency required from China. side.
NASA and China in particular have identified some of the same potential landing areas around the lunar south pole for my missions Artemis 3 a Chang’e 7 How will the agencies coordinate their plans? Artemis 3 Astronauts have climbed to the lunar surface for the first time since 1972, and launch is scheduled for 2025; It includes Chang’e 7For which a launch date has not yet been set, an orbiter, a spacecraft, a satellite craft and a relay robot that can jump into pits and search for water.
Brian Wyden, Director of Program Planning at Safe World FoundationAn organization focused on collaborative solutions in space.Opportunity Space.comThere should be more discussion between the United States and China regarding space activities, especially when it comes to coordinating activities.
The United States and China are currently seeking partnerships for their vision of lunar exploration, and at the moment it appears that their efforts will be completely separate.
NASA is promoting the Artemis Accords, which set the framework for lunar exploration, and is preparing to launch the Artemis 1 mission, with manned missions to the Moon that will follow later this decade.ILRS) with Russia and other partners in the 1930s.