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A MISSION to the far side of the moon, set to launch later this year, isn’t the only ambitious lunar project being planned in China. According to the People’s Daily news site, the (deep breath) Chengdu Aerospace Science and Technology Microelectronics System Research Institute wants to launch an artificial moon to illuminate the city of Chengdu at night.

Chairman Wu Chunfeng reportedly made the claim at an innovation and entrepreneurship event, saying the fake moon would be eight times as bright as the real moon (whether this would be enough to pierce Chengdu’s notorious smog remains to be…