PointOrView's video: Moon Mission Showdown: China Accelerates Lunar Ambitions Challenging the U S with Speedy Timeline

FAST AND FURIOUS: China announced plans to land boots on the moon BEFORE 2030, Speeding Ahead while U.S. lunar plans falter as delays and funding halt progress. Chinese officials have once again announced that the Chinese government plans to land taikonauts on the surface of the Moon before 2030. China is moving faster towards the completion of the basic model of its ambitious phase-four lunar probe missions and has full confidence in leaving footprints of the Chinese people on the moon by 2030, according to the chief designer of China's lunar exploration program. According to statements released by the agency and other partners, the China Manned Space Agency is on track to land people on the Moon before the end of the decade. They also detailed the progress and development timeline of the upcoming Chang Zheng 10 rocket, which is the cornerstone of China’s lunar ambitions. According to officials, the fifth and sixth launches of the rocket will be the flights that are involved in the landing of the first crew. One of the flights will carry the lander, while the other will carry the launch and return capsule. A year ago, the China National Space Administration announced a plan to begin the fourth phase of lunar probe program, including the launch of three missions dubbed the Chang'e-6, Chang'e-7 and Chang'e-8, and the construction of an international lunar research station on the moon. Wu said the Chang'e-6 mission is expected to retrieve lunar soil samples from the far side of the moon in around 2024, which will be first time humankind will collect soil samples from the far side of the earth's natural satellite.