The entire country cheered for the successful manned moon landing.
China became the second country to land a person on the Moon, and a lot of other countries were envious.
Especially Russia.
As the second strongest aerospace nation, in 2017, the Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities issued a four-step strategy for landing on the Moon. It claimed to put a man on the Moon in 2031 and carry out a 14-day scientific research mission… as well as building a research base on the Moon in 2034.
Even though this was widely regarded as a response to the United States' Lunar Gateway program, the fact was that the Roscosmos was going through with its own program.
After all, aerospace wasn't just the pride of the Americans, it was also the pride and joy of the Russians.
