China to transmit music from lunar-probing satellite

The Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, which is in charge of the lunar project, is seeking recommendations from the public on which tunes to play, Xinhua news agency reported.

The satellite, which has a budget of 1.4 billion yuan (about 170 million dollars), is part of the country's three-phase lunar project.

It is designed to obtain three-dimensional images of the moon's surface and analyze the content of useful elements and materials.

It will also probe the depth of the lunar soil and the space environment between the earth and the moon.

The satellite will weigh 2,350 kilograms, with 130 kilograms of extra equipment, and will orbit the moon for one year.

In addition to having next year's project, China has already announced it hopes to have a satellite land on the moon by 2012.

By 2017, China hopes to land an unmanned lunar probe on the moon, have it collect samples and return to Earth.

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