China s top scientist, Ouyang Ziyuan, has disputed India s claim of landing its Chandrayaan-3 rover near the lunar south pole, stating that the landing site was nowhere close to the pole. Ouyang said the Chandrayaan-3 was 619 kilometers away from the polar region. China s space program, according to Pang Zhihao, a Beijing-based senior space expert, has better technology and has been capable of sending orbiters and landers directly into Earth-Moon transfer orbit since 2010.
Chandrayaan-3 landing: The scientist told Chinese-language newspaper Science Times that the landing site, at 69 degrees south latitude, is not near the south pole.
BEIJING (Bloomberg): The rivalry between Asia’s two biggest countries has extended into outer space.After India’s landing of its Chandrayaan-3 rover on the moon last month - becoming the first country to put a spacecraft near the lunar south pole and breaking China’s record for the southernmost lunar landing - a top Chinese scientist has said claims about the accomplishment are overstated.
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