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A team of Chinese researchers is studying the possibility of building an underground lunar base through the moon’s lava tubes that would be used for China’s future manned moon missions. Revealing the plan: Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology’s Zhang Chongfeng, who was also credited as the vice chief designer of the Shenzhou series spacecraft and moon landers, unveiled the study at the 10th CSA-IAA Conference on Advanced Space Technology held in Shanghai from Sept. 13 to 16.

The underground bases would be placed in lunar lava tubes that Chinese scientists believe to be similar to ones found on Earth

NASA is seeking help to build a space tug that will be deployed to safely deorbit the International Space Station at the end of its life in 2031.

China is the latest nation to study lunar lava tubes as locations for bases. They provide natural protection that's impossible to ignore.

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