摘要
On January 3,2019,the first lunar farside in-situ exploration mission,China’s Chang’e 4(CE-4),successfully landed in Von Karman crater within the South Pole-Aitken(SPA)basin.The CE-4 mission provided a host platform and opened its science payload resources to the international community.Science payloads from Germany,Sweden,the Netherlands and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia were aboard CE-4.It has explored effective models of international cooperation,accumulated cooperation experience,and provided a reference for the implementation of broader and deeper cooperation in major projects.This paper summarizes the practical experience of international cooperation on CE-4,analyzes the difficulties and existing problems of science payloads management,explains the current management methods,and puts forward suggestions for the development of broader international cooperation for the future.
On January 3, 2019, the first lunar farside in-situ exploration mission, China’s Chang’e 4(CE-4), successfully landed in Von Karman crater within the South Pole-Aitken(SPA) basin. The CE-4 mission provided a host platform and opened its science payload resources to the international community. Science payloads from Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia were aboard CE-4. It has explored effective models of international cooperation, accumulated cooperation experience, and provided a reference for the implementation of broader and deeper cooperation in major projects. This paper summarizes the practical experience of international cooperation on CE-4, analyzes the difficulties and existing problems of science payloads management, explains the current management methods, and puts forward suggestions for the development of broader international cooperation for the future.
