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Participating in space exploration mission
In 2006, PolyU signed a collaborative
agreement with the Lunar Exploration
Programme Centre of China National
Space Administration (CNSA) to
collaborate in talent grooming,
scientific research and academic
exchange. In addition, the University
will also take part in a Sino-Russian
Mars exploration mission by
designing and manufacturing the “Soil
Preparation System”, which will be
carried on board a Russian spacecraft
to the Red Planet in 2011. This is
the first strategic interplanetary
collaboration between China and
Russia, and also the first attempt in
the history of mankind to land on the
moon of a planet other than the Earth.
Recently, at the invitation of the
China Academy of Space Technology
(CAST), the Faculty of Engineering
will take part in the manufacturing
of part of the space equipment in the
Chang’e-3 lunar exploration mission
which is scheduled to be launched
in 2012 or 2013. PolyU will work
with CAST to set up a “Joint Centre
for Space Precisioning Machine
Technology”, so as to establish a
platform for long term research
collaboration.
President Prof. Tong and other senior staff visit the CNSA in Beijing.