Date: 15/12/2013 11:37:34
From: Arts
ID: 449747
Subject: China has mooned

China lands rover on moon in major step for space program

Updated 47 minutes ago
China’s Jade Rabbit rover Photo: An artist’s impression of the Jade Rabbit descending from the Chang’e 3 lander. (en.wikipedia.org)
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A space module carrying China’s first lunar rover has landed on the moon, marking a major step for the country’s ambitious space program.

Scientists burst into applause as a computer-generated image representing the spacecraft was seen landing on the moon’s surface via screens at a Beijing control centre, state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) showed.

The Chang’e 3, a probe named after a lunar goddess in Chinese mythology, blasted off on a Long March-3B carrier rocket on December 2.

It is carrying the solar-powered Yutu, or Jade Rabbit rover, which was deployed on Sunday, “several hours” after the Chang’e-3 probe landed, according to official news agency Xinhua.

State television station CCTV tweeted an image that it said showed the rover separating from the landing craft at 4:35 am Beijing time.

#Breaking: The lunar rover Yutu separated from the lander to explore the moon’s surface at 04:35 BJT on Sun. #ChangE3 twitter.com/cctvnews/statu… — CCTVNEWS (@cctvnews) December 14, 2013

wonder if they’ll find anything up there

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Date: 15/12/2013 11:52:12
From: dv
ID: 449760
Subject: re: China has mooned

There is already a thread on this.

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Date: 15/12/2013 11:52:53
From: Arts
ID: 449761
Subject: re: China has mooned

dv said:


There is already a thread on this.

there is? I hadn’t noticed

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Date: 15/12/2013 11:53:47
From: Skeptic Pete
ID: 449763
Subject: re: China has mooned

Arts said:


dv said:

There is already a thread on this.

there is? I hadn’t noticed

hehe

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Date: 15/12/2013 12:18:51
From: dv
ID: 449786
Subject: re: China has mooned

Arts said:


dv said:

There is already a thread on this.

there is? I hadn’t noticed

Don’t be too hard on yourself.

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Date: 15/12/2013 12:22:12
From: Arts
ID: 449792
Subject: re: China has mooned

dv said:


Arts said:

dv said:

There is already a thread on this.

there is? I hadn’t noticed

Don’t be too hard on yourself.

I’ll try to get past it

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Date: 15/12/2013 16:45:31
From: bob(from black rock)
ID: 449915
Subject: re: China has mooned

By mooned, do you mean China has “brown eyed” the world?

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Date: 15/12/2013 16:55:12
From: Michael V
ID: 449916
Subject: re: China has mooned

Yes, that is the dominant eye colour in China.

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Date: 15/12/2013 21:45:59
From: Peak Warming Man
ID: 450113
Subject: re: China has mooned

The moon landing hoax makes me suspicious of most space missions and I make no apology for that, it’s a natural and well established psychological effect.
Having said that I’m leaning towards the US rover missions as being kosher but I’ll keep my powder dry on this Chinese moon mission.

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