b'"By 2045, China wants to become the strongest space power and space technology-based power in the world," says Namrata Goswami, an expert on China\'s space program. One step towards that goal is the launch of a research mission to the far side of the moon, where right now a Chinese rover is at work exploring. It was a complicated technological feat, and Goswami says it\'s just the beginning of the country\'s plans.'