The first phase of China's moon base will be completed around 2035 near the lunar south pole, and an extended model will be built by about 2050, if all goes according to plan.

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In the Spring of 2023, China announced plans to start building a moon base by 2028, though it's not clear if that announcement referred to a lunar lava tube base.

BEIJING, April 12 (Reuters) - China wants to start building a lunar base using soil from the moon in five years, Chinese media reported, with the ambitious plan kicking off as soon as this decade.

Now, it seems that an underground Chinese moon base might be on the agenda for the future, which could utilize lava tubes as a starting point. Lava tubes are present all over the moon.

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It's easy to think of the moon as a static, unchanging environment, but the conditions are extreme. Daytime temperatures can reach more than 350 degrees Fahrenheit, and the long lunar night drops ...