Landing on far side of the moon and collecting samples is ‘every lunar scientist's dream’

Astronomer-at-large Fred Watson explains China’s next mission to the moon. It’s hoped the spacecraft will reach the far side of the moon and return dust and rocks to Earth. “It is an area of great interest it’s in the southern polar regions of the lunar surface, but the far side yes, always hidden from us here on Earth," he told Sky News Australia. “To put a spacecraft there and then take geological samples from the rock then bring them back to Earth is every lunar scientist's dream project”.’ “The 2030s are the time that the Chinese National Space Administration are discussing sending their taikonauts to the Lunar surface.”