Earlier this week, China's Chang'e 6 lunar probe landed in Inner Mongolia, delivering the first-ever samples collected from the far side of the Moon.
That's because the US enacted a law called the Wolf Amendment in 2011, which prevents NASA from using government funds to cooperate directly with China. The far side's extremely rocky and crater-filled surface makes it an extremely challenging environment to explore. Its distinctive characteristics have
The Wolf Amendment, named after former US representative Frank Wolf, prohibits NASA from using government funds to cooperate with the Chinese government —it has certification from the FBI that such collaboration poses no threats to national security or risks inadvertently leaking space-related tech or data.