On Sun, 12 Mar 2017 12:13:37 -0700 (PDT), StarDust
wrote:
China to Launch Lunar Space Probe Before Year's End

https://www.usnews.com/news/news/art...a-to-launch-lu
nar-space-probe-before-years-end

China announced plans on Tuesday to launch a space probe to bring
back samples from the moon before the end of the year,

Still don't know the composition of the Moon after 50 years?

There are many places on the Moon which never have been sampled. And
no lunar samples have been brought to the Moon in the last 40 or so
years. But the major motivation for this mission is probably for
China to show the rest of the world that they can do it and to
prepare for future manned lunar missions. Welcome back to the space
race!