China Plans New Space Project Probing Sun-Earth Environment
Posted on: Thursday, 20 July 2006, 09:00 CDT
China plans new space project probing Sun-Earth environment
BEIJING, July 20 (Xinhua) -- As China steps up its lunar exploration, some scientists in the country are planning another space project, the "KuaFu Mission", aiming to study the activities of the Sun.
At the ongoing 36th Committee on Space Research Scientific Assembly, Tu Chuanyi, a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said the project, expected to be launched in 2012, will study the complex Sun-Earth system and improve the space weather forecast.
The mission will raise the standard of end-to-end observation of the Sun-Earth system, and advance scientists' understanding of the basic physical processes underlying space weather, said Tu, who is also a professor with the Beijing University.
Source: Xinhua News Agency - CEIS
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