Moon is not so far.

A lunar outpost or a moon base has a greater shot of being finished now that the China National Space Administration (CNSA) is supposedly talking about cooperation with the European Space Agency (ESA). Both ESA and China have officially communicated their aim to assemble a "moon village". 

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Reports say that ESA and CNSA have as of now began the exchanges for a possible joint effort in building a moon town that will fill in as a lunar outpost. The news surfaced from China's space organization, which ESA representative later on affirmed. 

"The Chinese have a very ambitious moon program already in place," Pal Hvistendahl, ESA spokesperson, said in a statement. "Space has changed since the space race of the '60s. We recognize that to explore space for peaceful purposes, we do international cooperation."

China has consistently communicated its enthusiasm for building a lunar outpost. It could be used as a pitstop to different goals in the nearby planetary group, also the plentiful assets that can be mined from the Earth's satellite. CNSA additionally exhibited its capacity to assemble such outpost as it launched an unmanned freight rocket to space. 

In the meantime, ESA's Moon town is an officially existing idea. There's no better approach to guarantee the achievement of their missions but to work together. However, in 2016, ESA clarified that their vision of a moon town is a worldwide joint effort of thoughts. 

"By 'Moon Village' we do not mean a development planned around houses, some shops and a community center," an ESA official said. "Rather, the term 'village' in this context refers this: a community created when groups join forces without first sorting out every detail, instead simply coming together with a view to sharing interests and capabilities."

But teaming up with China on this one is unquestionably a stage in front of their arrangements, and a real lunar outpost could be implicit the years to come. The lunar outpost could fill in as a hop off indicate for the mission Mars, the clearly greater and more profound space investigation activity. 

If ESA is working with China on the moon town, NASA is likely not to team up since the office is prohibited from working with Chinese state staff with regards to space-related ventures.