China's moon ambitions scuppered after water-hunting mission fails to launch | The World | ABC News

China's space agency was forced to abruptly postpone the launch of the Chang'e-7 lunar mission just hours from lift-off.

The launch, which is now likely to take place next year was aiming to conduct missions near the moon's south pole to find the origins of water ice.

Richard de Grijs, astrophysicist at Macquarie University spoke to The World's Girish Sawlani about the setback to China's lunar ambitions.
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