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Why the next decade’s hot space race revolves around the moon
China's Chang’e 3 lunar probe, nicknamed the Jade Rabbit, is set to make the first soft landing on the Moon in 37 years by mid-December. This mission marks a resurgence of interest in lunar exploration, including robotic missions to test and construct infrastructure on the Moon in the coming decades.
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