An artist’s impression of China and Russia’s international lunar research station, planned for about a decade’s time. Photo: China National Space Administration
An artist’s impression of China and Russia’s international lunar research station, planned for about a decade’s time. Photo: China National Space Administration
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China team uses Cold War material to pave the way for a moon highway

  • Researchers say they are close to solving the intractable problem of building lunar infrastructure
  • At the heart of the project is ‘soil cement’ – a material discovered in the 1950s by a Soviet Union scientist

Stephen Chen
Stephen Chen in Beijing

Updated: 12:00pm, 14 May, 2022

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An artist’s impression of China and Russia’s international lunar research station, planned for about a decade’s time. Photo: China National Space Administration
An artist’s impression of China and Russia’s international lunar research station, planned for about a decade’s time. Photo: China National Space Administration
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