Comment Comment by decimalenough China's stated goal is to get people on the moon by 2030. This may slip by a year or two, but probably not much more.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Lunar_Exploration_Prog...The main hurdle is the CZ-10 rocket, which has not flown yet:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_March_10But they have plenty of rocketry experience and the YF-100K engine they'll use for CZ-10 has successfully flown on the CZ-12:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_March_12https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YF-100(Yes, Chinese rocket numbering is weird, and CZ = Changzheng = Long March) parent decimalenough 1 year ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Lunar_Exploration_Prog...
The main hurdle is the CZ-10 rocket, which has not flown yet:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_March_10
But they have plenty of rocketry experience and the YF-100K engine they'll use for CZ-10 has successfully flown on the CZ-12:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_March_12
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YF-100
(Yes, Chinese rocket numbering is weird, and CZ = Changzheng = Long March)