{"id":130625,"date":"2024-11-27T10:40:31","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T03:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130625"},"modified":"2024-11-27T10:40:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T03:40:31","slug":"china-plans-to-build-egg-igloos-on-lunar-surface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130625","title":{"rendered":"China plans to build egg igloos on lunar surface"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"responsive__Paragraph-sc-1pktst5-0 gaEeqC\">Science fiction portrays man\u2019s colonisation of space as a vision of almost magical modernity, in which humans oblivious to the airless, low-gravity environment glide through futuristic, dream-built cities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive__Paragraph-sc-1pktst5-0 gaEeqC\">The reality, at least according to the projections of scientists working on China\u2019s mission to the moon, may be more prosaic, at least in the early stages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive__Paragraph-sc-1pktst5-0 gaEeqC\">Their first mock-up of a moon colony shows a handful of egg-shaped grey igloos, with Lego-like spacemen bouncing between them and their space-rovers through piles of moondust.<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive__Paragraph-sc-1pktst5-0 gaEeqC\">Creating the model was not child\u2019s play, despite appearances. It was the result of careful examination of lunar conditions \u2014 a lack of raw materials, extreme temperatures fluctuating within a range of 300C and cosmic radiation, Ding Lieyun, the head of the team<span class=\"paywall-EAB47CFD\"> responsible, told Chinese state television.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"paywall-EAB47CFD\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"4.0\">\n<div id=\"284e4cf3-950f-4626-ba11-d0520868f5d4\">\n<div class=\"tc-view__TcView-nuazoi-0 responsive__PrimaryImg-sc-4v1r4q-3 hpWIYt\">\n<div class=\"tc-view__TcView-nuazoi-0 fPjBcr\">\n<div style=\"background-color:#efefef\" class=\"tc-view__TcView-nuazoi-0 fPjBcr\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:66.66666666666667%;position:relative;overflow:hidden\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The eggs are a far cry from sci-fi imaginings of life on the lunar surface\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/imageserver\/image\/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Fc249b7bf-ed67-4bc3-b0e9-6ba8d23c1030.jpg?crop=1522%2C1015%2C229%2C0\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tc-view__TcView-nuazoi-0 fPjBcr\">\n<div class=\"tc-view__TcView-nuazoi-0 responsive__InsetCaptionStyle-sc-1io40fc-2 fkMBIX\">\n<div class=\"tc-view__TcView-nuazoi-0 fPjBcr\">\n<div style=\"padding-top:10px\" class=\"tc-view__TcView-nuazoi-0 fPjBcr\">\n<p>The eggs are a far cry from sci-fi imaginings of life on the lunar surface<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"responsive__Paragraph-sc-1pktst5-0 gaEeqC\">\u201cThese factors make lunar construction an exceptionally challenging super-engineering endeavour,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive__Paragraph-sc-1pktst5-0 gaEeqC\">The model reflects the toned-down expectations of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/article\/how-i-visited-the-surface-of-the-moon-without-leaving-europe-t962ldtr2\" class=\"link__RespLink-sc-1ocvixa-0 csWvlP\">space colonisation<\/a> the closer it comes to reality. Both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/article\/iron-curtain-in-orbit-china-and-the-us-in-race-for-space-supremacy-z8dj7zvqz\" class=\"link__RespLink-sc-1ocvixa-0 csWvlP\">China and the United States<\/a> are planning to put manned spacecraft on the moon in the near future. For China it will be for the first time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive__Paragraph-sc-1pktst5-0 gaEeqC\">At the moment, it is ahead in the race. China has landed four spacecraft on the moon in the past 11 years, while the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/article\/first-american-us-moon-landing-since-1972-odysseus-intuitive-machines-r0m9tttrv\" class=\"link__RespLink-sc-1ocvixa-0 csWvlP\">US has landed just one<\/a>, earlier this year, and that stopped working days later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive__Paragraph-sc-1pktst5-0 gaEeqC\">Whether Beijing will be able to establish a permanent base on the moon by 2035, as it hopes, is another question, but it is developing detailed plans accordingly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive__Paragraph-sc-1pktst5-0 gaEeqC\">The first artist\u2019s impressions and \u201cconcept animation\u201d of what the technical set-up might look like, including telescopes, rocket launchers and even a possible futuristic city of the science fiction variety, were released earlier this year.<\/p>\n<div id=\"4.7\">\n<div id=\"5d38ac90-82f4-4740-a0e1-8d9237f1ff27\">\n<div class=\"tc-view__TcView-nuazoi-0 responsive__PrimaryImg-sc-4v1r4q-3 hpWIYt\">\n<div class=\"tc-view__TcView-nuazoi-0 fPjBcr\">\n<div style=\"background-color:#efefef\" class=\"tc-view__TcView-nuazoi-0 fPjBcr\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:66.66666666666667%;position:relative;overflow:hidden\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Digital images released earlier this year depicted a settlement on the moon\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/imageserver\/image\/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F910657bd-6b5f-4dc8-b14e-e5afec253114.jpg?crop=1542%2C1028%2C272%2C0\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tc-view__TcView-nuazoi-0 fPjBcr\">\n<div class=\"tc-view__TcView-nuazoi-0 responsive__InsetCaptionStyle-sc-1io40fc-2 fkMBIX\">\n<div class=\"tc-view__TcView-nuazoi-0 fPjBcr\">\n<div style=\"padding-top:10px\" class=\"tc-view__TcView-nuazoi-0 fPjBcr\">\n<p>Digital images released earlier this year depicted a settlement on the moon<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"responsive__Paragraph-sc-1pktst5-0 gaEeqC\">The \u201csandpit\u201d model is the more practical version.<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive__Paragraph-sc-1pktst5-0 gaEeqC\">China has a supply of moon dust <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/article\/rocks-from-chinas-far-side-of-the-moon-mission-land-on-earth-5lqr6m7h0\" class=\"link__RespLink-sc-1ocvixa-0 csWvlP\">brought back from previous landings<\/a>, including from near the moon\u2019s south pole, which has more water and thus has been chosen as the most likely venue for the base.<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive__Paragraph-sc-1pktst5-0 gaEeqC\">This dust has been crafted into bricks, which are currently being taken by the Tianzhou 8 spacecraft to the Chinese space station Tiangong, to see if they withstand conditions there. If so, they could be the first building blocks of our new space civilisation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive__Paragraph-sc-1pktst5-0 gaEeqC\">Ding said his team, at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, one of China\u2019s leading scientific research centres, had experimented with various forms for space brick houses, including domes and columns.<\/p>\n<div id=\"4.13\">\n<div id=\"cda97672-40ae-420c-8f8e-8f05fc3109d5\">\n<div class=\"tc-view__TcView-nuazoi-0 responsive__PrimaryImg-sc-4v1r4q-3 hpWIYt\">\n<div class=\"tc-view__TcView-nuazoi-0 fPjBcr\">\n<div style=\"background-color:#efefef\" class=\"tc-view__TcView-nuazoi-0 fPjBcr\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:73.46938775510203%;position:relative;overflow:hidden\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Chang\u2019-6 probe planted a Chinese flag on the far side of the moon earlier this year\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/imageserver\/image\/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F9a07a438-17a3-402d-bdfb-0ccd3d1aab65.jpg?crop=2352%2C1728%2C0%2C0\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tc-view__TcView-nuazoi-0 fPjBcr\">\n<div class=\"tc-view__TcView-nuazoi-0 responsive__InsetCaptionStyle-sc-1io40fc-2 fkMBIX\">\n<div class=\"tc-view__TcView-nuazoi-0 fPjBcr\">\n<div style=\"padding-top:10px\" class=\"tc-view__TcView-nuazoi-0 fPjBcr\">\n<p>The Chang\u2019-6 probe planted a Chinese flag on the far side of the moon earlier this year<\/p>\n<p>CNSA\/XINHUA VIA AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"responsive__Paragraph-sc-1pktst5-0 gaEeqC\">Eventually, he said, they came up with a \u201cdouble-layered dome structure\u201d \u2014 basically, an egg shape standing on a flat end. Each \u201cegg\u201d would be divided into a living and working area. The structures could be built by robots and 3D-printers working together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive__Paragraph-sc-1pktst5-0 gaEeqC\">The model assumes that for the most part, the first space town would be recognisable to Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, the first men on the moon, as it shows humans wearing similar spacesuits to the first moon-landings.<\/p>\n<p id=\"last-paragraph\" class=\"responsive__Paragraph-sc-1pktst5-0 gaEeqC\">The sandpit has one clear difference to the famous photographs of that first moon landing however, the only colour apart from white and grey is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/article\/china-lands-a-robot-on-the-far-side-of-the-moon-0jg89g399\" class=\"link__RespLink-sc-1ocvixa-0 csWvlP\">red flag of the People\u2019s Republic<\/a>, not the Stars and Stripes.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/world\/asia\/article\/china-plans-to-build-egg-igloos-on-lunar-surface-k8fxvgsl9\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Science fiction portrays man\u2019s colonisation of space as a vision of almost magical modernity, in which humans oblivious to the airless, low-gravity environment glide through futuristic, dream-built cities. 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