[Igor Antunov]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang%27e_3

Will be the first soft landing on the moon in 37 years, and a serious attempt to suss out a suitable site for a lunar base.

[foxdemon]

This will surely put China in the running for a lunar base. Such a base seems to be an important part of a future orbital refueling network. Given the USA is broke, it may well be that China will be the nation that will establish that infrastructure.