# China trying to bring moon rocks back

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**Created:** [December 1, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-trying-to-bring-moon-rocks-back/926926 "2020-12-01T15:23:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-trying-to-bring-moon-rocks-back/926926/9 "2020-12-02T12:00:11Z")

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The US are sending people to the moon in 2024. They started assembling the rocket this week.

> **[SLS: Nasa 'megarocket' assembly begins in Florida](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-55070302)**
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> Nasa has stacked the first pieces of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket at Florida's Kennedy Space Center.

As also reported in the other thread I’m desperate to popularise: [The Great Ongoing Space Exploration Thread - #16 by Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-space-exploration-thread/925703/16)

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