China encounters happiness and troubles: Does Russia want to share the lunar soil, or does the United States pay back the "favors"?

Chang'e 5 sampling

German media reported that the whole world wants to get China's lunar soil, and the United States wants it too. So far, Russian scientists have taken the lead in the world to publicly express their hope to obtain. China, which has 2,000 grams of lunar soil immediately, is troubled by happiness: If Russia does not give it, should the United States give it back? Who else?

Since the launch of the Chang'e-5 , everything has gone smoothly. China has achieved the first extraterrestrial celestial takeoff of the probe, and realized the first lunar orbital rendezvous and docking of mankind. Now Chang'e-5 has chosen the opportunity to return to the earth.

●Russian scientists took the lead in expressing their position: they hope to obtain Chinese lunar soil

There is no doubt that the world's most concerned about now is what kind of lunar soil retrieved by China's Chang'e-5? After all, the lunar soil retrieved by China is 2 billion years younger than that retrieved by the United States and the Soviet Union, which is crucial for studying the lunar volcanic state and magnetic field.

is the only one in China in the world.

Therefore, scientists in many countries and organizations that research space hope that China can share some lunar soil.

Russian scientists are the first to publicly state that they hope to obtain the lunar soil brought back from the moon by China.

Institute of Geochemistry and Analysis of the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Chemistry Lunar and Planetary Geochemistry Laboratory (the name of this institution is so long ~~~☺️) Yevgeny Slyuta, director of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told the media that Russian scientists hope to come from China A sample of Lunar Soil was obtained from the colleagues, but no talks have been started yet.

The picture shows the national flag of Chang'e No. 5

● Both the United States and the Soviet Union have "lunar soil diplomacy", but does the Soviet Union give China moon soil?

The United States and the Soviet Union were the first two countries to retrieve lunar soil from the moon. The United States was a major lunar exploration country for manned landing on the moon. According to US media reports, it brought back 380.05 kilograms of lunar soil (including lunar rock). The unmanned detector only brought back 326 grams of lunar soil.

The United States’ “Lunar Soil Diplomacy” gave Lunar Soil to more than 130 countries and regions, giving a total of 270 kilograms. In 1972, the United States gave 1 gram to China. It looks like the Americans gave China a great gift. But think about the United States taking back 380,050 grams of lunar soil and donating 270,000 grams to countries around the world. China only gave 1 gram. Everyone knows what the situation is.

There is no doubt that the United States’ “moon diplomacy” is very favoritism.

Russian scientists also claimed that part of the lunar soil retrieved by the Soviet Union was used in "lunar soil diplomacy" and shared lunar soil with many countries, but the Soviet Union only retrieved 326 grams, and there is not much to share. As of now, There has been no public report that the Soviet Union had donated lunar soil to China.

​​The picture shows the American astronaut on the moon

● So, does China need to share the lunar soil with Russia?

Although the exchanges between countries are also respectful, although Russia is the main heir to the Soviet heritage, the Soviet Union is the Soviet Union, and Russia is Russia, and the times are different.

Russian media reported that although Russian scientists want China to share the lunar soil, China has not yet decided and they can only wait.

still does not know whether China will finally decide whether it will satisfy the hopes of Russian scientists. Given the current Sino-Russian friendship and the gradual increase in cooperation in the space field, it is speculated that there is a high probability that the hopes of Russian scientists will be realized.

Moreover, China has retrieved 2,000 grams this time, which is a lot less than the amount retrieved by the United States, but it can be regarded as a "big family" compared to Russia's back then.

●As for the United States, do you want to repay your favor?

has not yet returned to the earth on Chang'e 5. German media reported that the whole world wants China’s lunar soil, and the United States is no exception. However, according to public reports, currently Russian scientists are the first to speak publicly, and scientists and research institutions in other countries have not publicly expressed their views in the media.

However, not long after the successful launch of China's Chang'e-5, NASA publicly expressed its hope that China would share lunar exploration data. The lunar soil that China retrieved from the moon is very different from what they had retrieved before. There is no doubt that they wanted it, but they were too embarrassed to speak.

After all, the United States has not only blocked China’s space technology for decades, but also requires all its allies to alsoBlocking China and even asking Russia to block it together.

Under such circumstances, China has overcome all kinds of difficulties and explored its own space technology path in a unique way. It is finally about to successfully retrieve the lunar soil. Think about it, the Americans are really embarrassed to speak.

As for whether this "favor" should be paid back, I analyze it from two perspectives. One is that 380,050 grams of lunar soil was given back in those days. Only one gram is given, which is a favor, but the depth of the relationship is very general. The second is that apart from the United States and its allies' technological blockade of China for decades, our relationship is indeed not good at present. So, don't pay it back! Of course, this is just the author's point of view. (Master of Feng Wen)