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Turkey signed US-led Artemis Accords. Its moon rovers will hitch a ride with China

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South China Morning Post – China
“Turkey signed US-led Artemis Accords. Its moon rovers will hitch a ride with China”

Turkey has signed America’s rule book for the moon, but its first ride to the lunar south pole – the icy region both Washington and Beijing are racing to reach – will probably come from China. A team of more than 120 students and professors at Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara has built prototypes of two AI-powered rovers for Chang’e-8, a Chinese mission originally planned for 2028. Turkey is not part of the International Lunar Research Station, a base China plans to build on…

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