Data from Chang'e I could help create lunar globe

Scientists are studying the feasibility of developing a three-dimensional lunar globe, in an effort to promote the country's first lunar probe project, a leading space administration official said yesterday.

Li Guoping, spokesman for the China National Space Administration, said: "Initial educational and promotional work on the Chang'e I lunar probe project, including the lunar globe, is now under way."

He said since the successful launch of Chang'e I on October 24 from Xichang in Sichuan Province, there has been a real fervor for astronomical and aerospace knowledge among the public, especially young people.