'This goes beyond showcasing technological soft power': China's new moon map signals bold space ambitions (video)

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'This goes beyond showcasing technological soft power': China's new moon map signals bold space ambitions (video) #833661 Yesterday at 10:00 AM
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OP Webmaster Launch Director Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 678,976 Los Angeles, USA	New chronology, data about the moon's far side and a homegrown cartographic standard signal China's ambitions for how the solar system gets mapped. Source: 'This goes beyond showcasing techno...map signals bold space ambitions (video)