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China unveils video of its moon base plans, which weirdly includes a NASA space shuttle (www.space.com)

submitted 6 months ago by AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world

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The China National Space Administration (CNSA) has released a video of its concept for a lunar base to be developed across the next couple of decades.

CNSA unveiled the video on Wednesday (April 24) as part of the country's annual space day celebrations. The project is known as the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) and was jointly announced in 2021 by China and Russia.

China is now leading the moon base initiative and attempting to attract international partners for the endeavor. So far, alongside China, Russia, Venezuela, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Belarus, South Africa, Egypt, Thailand and Nicaragua have joined the initiative, according to Space News.

One curious detail of the video is the presence of a retired NASA Space Shuttle appearing to lift off from a launch pad in the background.

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[–] kbin_space_program@kbin.run 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

One theory Ive read about is that they probably merely iterated on the (likely middle eastern, probably egyptian or persian) invention of "greek fire". Since its only a single ingredient difference between one of the known formulations of it.

And the Europeans made gunpowder useful with the invention of pearled gunpowder, which made it possible to predict burn rates and slow them down for cannons, allowing for bigger and more potent cannons. Anecdotally, there is documentation of an Ottoman diplomat pleading to a Chinese one that "the Europeans never learn to make gunpowder"

They also claim to have invented chariots, despite using the Sanskrit word for chariot.

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 6 months ago

I don't see how "war carriage" or "horse carriage" is the Sanskrit word for chariot.