Chinese officials have said that the first manned mission will be "early in the 21st century."

"Is the nation really going to support, given the budget deficit, spending more money on a manned mission?"

This data would be important for a future manned mission.

A decision was made not to send a manned mission.

This is the last manned mission to the moon of the 20th Century.

The first manned mission is expected to take place after 2020.

In the 1970s and early 1980s, several manned missions were launched from the site.

"I still think manned missions are a waste of time and money."

And we need another manned mission anyway, just to keep up interest in space.

The long travel times make it difficult to design manned missions.