Elon Musk Praises China's "Far More Advanced" Space Programme Ahead Of Beijing Visit
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China is Tesla's second-largest market after the US, and the Shanghai plant is the electric car maker's largest production hub.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said that China space programme is "far more advanced" than most people realise. Mr Musk was reacting to a tweet of Chris Hadfield, a former astronaut of the Canadian Space Agency, who quoted a news report to say that China will be able to set foot on the Moon by 2030. The report was published in Chinese state-run publication CGTN and cited Wu Weiren, the chief designer of the country' lunar exploration programme as saying that achieving the 2030 target is not a problem. The China space program is far more advanced than most people realize
"The China space program is far more advanced than most people realize," Mr Musk said in his tweet.