China's Plan to Establish a Permanent Base on the Moon

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While the US and its partners are planning to carry out the Artemis Program in the coming decade, China is preparing the competing "ILRS", aka the International Lunar Research Station. In this episode, we do a deep dive into China's permanent lunar base project and its scientific and political ramifications.

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00:00 Artemis and the ILRS (introduction)
00:43 China's Moon Program: Early Beginnings
01:58 Chang'e 1 to Chang'e 6
02:35 First Mention of the ILRS
03:21 Private Internet Access
05:14 The ILRS Becomes a Sino-Russian Project
06:02 ILRS Phase 1 - Moon Base "Basic Model"
06:57 ILRS Phase 2 - Moon Base "Construction Phase"
10:09 How China plans to launch the ILRS hardware
11:20 Can the ILRS become international?