刘嘉麒.月球探测的意义与思考[J].中国科学院院刊,2025,40(4):742-747.

月球探测的意义与思考

Significance and reflection of lunar exploration

刘嘉麒
中国科学院地质与地球物理研究所 北京 100029
LIU Jiaqi
Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China

         月球;月样;月球年龄;嫦娥五号;嫦娥六号

        Moon;lunar sample;lunar age;Chang'e-5;Chang'e-6

        中国探月工程虽较苏联、美国起步晚，但中国却是第1个既在月球正面也在背面有探测器着陆并取回样品的国家。近年来，中国在航天技术方面有许多重大突破，科学研究方面取得许多重要成果，把月球的生命延续了约10亿年。

        Although China’s lunar exploration project started later than the Soviet Union and the United States, it is the first country to land probes and retrieve samples on both the right side and the reverse side of the Moon. There have been many major breakthroughs in space technology, and many important achievements in scientific research as well. It has extended the life of the Moon for about 1 billion years.