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Moon Rocks in China: Tracing a Galactic Empire in Lunar Anthropocene

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The next Science Silk Road Seminar takes place soon, with Feng Schöneweiß giving a talk on: Moon Rocks in China: Tracing a Galactic Empire in Lunar Anthropocene

This paper examines the recent acquisition of lunar samples from the near and far sides of the Moon (2020, 2024) after successful missions of China Lunar Exploration Project (CLEP). It traces China’s galactic ambition through political and curatorial manipulation of lunar samples in museums and media, in the history of CLEP as a military-scientific dual mission, and in the upcoming onset of the Lunar Anthropocene with Chinese characteristics. In a comparative perspective of energy study, the paper considers the processual dimension of power density in the Chinese plan for a permanent lunar base. Eventually, the paper aims to situate the trajectory of China’s lunar exploration in the global system of science and the current trends of science policy.

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