In this article, we talked about the issue of the United States formally asking China for lunar soil and whether Congress should approve NASA's application for lunar soil from the China National Space Administration. Let's go into detail on this topic.
Recently, the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) asked Congress to allow its funded researchers to apply to China from the China National Space Administration (CNSA).Chang'eLunar soil samples brought back from the Lunar Exploration Mission 5. This has attracted a lot of attention. The main reason why NASA is working so hard to obtain lunar soil is that they are faced with a key problem: studying the origin and internal structure of the moon. Lunar rock samples brought back by the Apollo program show that the lunar core ceased to be active 3 billion years ago, contradicting the latest observations. NASA hopes to solve this puzzle by analyzing samples from the vicinity of Mount Lumke. ChinaChang'eThe lunar soil samples brought back by the 5 mission became the key to NASA's solution to this problem.
The China National Space Administration (CNSA) has not accepted NASA's request before, mainly because of China and the United StatesScienceThe Wolf Clause, adopted in 2011, was restricted. According to the provisions of this article, the application for lunar samples to the China National Space Administration is considered to have been carried out with ChinaScienceActivity. This makes it impossible for NASA to legally apply to China. However, China's China National Space Administration recently announced that it would allow foreign scientific research institutions to apply for moon rock as a stateScienceresearch use, which gave NASA a new opportunity.
Congress will play an important and decisive role in NASA's application. If Congress passes the request to allow NASA to request lunar soil samples from China's National Space Administration, the United States will have a key clue to solving the mystery of the moon's internal structure. In addition, this will also become two countriesScienceThe opportunity of exchanges between the two countries has opened a new door for cooperation and development between the two countries. However, if Congress does not agree to this application, then NASA will lose this rare opportunity to solve the problem of the internal structure of the moon.
As for whether the U.S. application should be agreed, the author believes that the China National Space Administration is likely to agree. First of all, the China National Space Administration is already inChang'eLunar soil was successfully obtained during the 5 mission and confirmed the time of activity in the interior of the Moon. This means that they have achieved their scientific purpose. Secondly, according to China's fine tradition, China gave the United States a 1-gram sample of lunar soil, and in return, the China National Space Administration is likely to agree to the American application. Therefore, the author believes that the probability of agreeing is very large.
Through the introduction of this article, we learned about the issue of the United States formally asking China for lunar soil, and whether Congress should approve NASA's application for lunar soil from the China National Space Administration. The United States is obsessed with acquiring lunar soil mainly because they are faced with a key problem: studying the origin and internal structure of the moon. The China National Space Administration (CNSA) has not accepted NASA's request before, mainly because of China and the United StatesScienceMovement has been restricted. However, the recent announcement from the China National Space Administration has given NASA a new chance. Congress will play a decisive role in NASA's application. Finally, I believe that the China National Space Administration is likely to accede to the U.S. application.
According to my thinking, although this issue involves politics,Technologyand many other aspects of international relations, but I think efforts to promoteScienceResearch and international exchange are always worth supporting. Through multinational cooperation and resource sharing, human exploration of the universe can be acceleratedTechnologyprogress and the development of human civilization. Regardless of the end result, we should cherish the opportunity to work together and pushScienceProgress for the benefit of mankind.