月球探测　势在必行

Lunar Exploration Is Imperative

月球作为地球唯一的一颗卫星，从古到今一直牵动着人类的梦想。月球之所以能吸引着人类对它进行探测和开发，是因为月球能够提供解决人类所担忧的能源资源的条件；月球作为一个永久性的空间站和其具有的特殊环境，为人类提供了开展深空探测活动的场所，并将成为新兴工业的基地。鉴于国外深空探测发展的历史和现状，特别是一度平静了２０多年的月球，而今又重新成为世界关注的焦点，登月的热潮又再度兴起，以及我国多年来空间科学和航天技术所取得的成就和发展，可以预测到，从现在起到２１世纪初叶，开展深空探测活动将是我国航天技术发展的重要领域之一，进行月球探测的时机已经成熟。

Being the only satellite of the Earth, the moon has been attracting the attention of mankind from ancient time to the present. The moon draws man's exploration and development because it can supply energy resource about which man worries. As a permanent space station and because of the special environment, the moon will supply man with a place of deep space exploration and will be a base of new industry. The moon becomes the focus of the world's attention again and a upsurge in lunar landing appears after a period of 20 year′s silence. China has made great achievements in space science and aerospace technology. It can been forecasted that,from now on to the early days of 21st century, deep space exploration will be one of the important field in aerospace technology of our country, and the time is ripe for lunar exploration.