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China's ambition in outer space exploration will start its first mission to the moon on Monday. This mission will be a turning point for their outer space exploration program, ambitiously aiming to create a permanent outer space station in 2020.
The Chinese rocket which will go along with Yutu or the so called Rabbit Giok--a folk Chinese legend--will take off from earth at 01:30 local Chinese time. The Yutu will explore the surface of the moon and send analytic results back to earth.
The Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, also called the Chang'e program, is being headed by Ouyang Ziyuan who is the lead advocate for lunar mining of precious substances. Metals and the Moon's abundance in Helium-3 (a perfect candidate for fusion reactor fuel) could become immensely valuable and would benefit the future of China and various countries around the world.
Before, China had already sent two unsuccessful attempts to orbit in the moon that ended with a collision on its surface. On the beginning of November, Beijing had introduced the new moon explorer called Yutu or the Rabbit Giok, a six wheeled vehicle.
This name was derived from the ancient Chinese myth about a white raabbit who lives in the moon. Yutu is the pet of Chang'e, the goddesses of the moon who had swallowed a pill of immortality. According to several mythological writings, Chang'e floated up to the sky and arrive on the moon after escaping from her husband, an expert archer, who sought to shoot her down with arrows. The archer, Houyi, had previously became the emperor after shooting down nine suns to save the earth from their scorching heat.
