The moon is 380,000 kilometers away from the earth. Sending the satellite there is a test of China's deep space exploration capability.

Sending a man to the Moon? It would be a one-way ticket if we do it now, given the thrust of our rockets at present is not strong enough.

If there are no major problems, China's first unmanned satellite to the moon will be launched in 2007.

Although China has achieved great progress in aerospace development, more hard work is needed to accomplish the lunar probe program.

From the Earth to the Moon.

This is a long way off, equivalent to two thirds of the distance from the Earth to the Moon.