Chinese Spacecraft Moon Landing

[sherlew99]

Chinese unmanned spacecraft lands on moon
By Pete Sweeney

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China landed an unmanned spacecraft on the moon on Saturday, state media reported, in the first such "soft-landing" since 1976, joining the United States and the former Soviet Union in managing to accomplish such a feat.

The Chang'e 3, a probe named after a lunar goddess in traditional Chinese mythology, is carrying the solar-powered Yutu, or Jade Rabbit buggy, which will dig and conduct geological surveys.

Click here to read the article and watch the video.

[pickinduck]

I was going to post about this the other day but didn't get around to it. The article that I seen said about N.A.S.A. remaining silent about it.

[pickinduck]

Will there be a video feed from it and will we get to watch it in this country?

[sherlew99]

I'll keep an eye out for one. Lots of things pop up on Youtube.

[sherlew99]

Here's an article with the spacecraft's moon landing yesterday,

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and a Youtube video of the 'Jade Rabbit' Rover leaving the lander.

[pickinduck]

I just found this photo.

news.yahoo.com/china-39-39-jade-rabbit-39-lunar-rover-220110008.html

[pickinduck]

Did you see the article this morning about the big push in this country to go back to the moon because of China's mission there now? Does this country always have to do things for the wrong reasons? We never should have never quite going there.
Wouldn't it be something if one or more of China's missions is to investigate or sterilize the U.S.s landing sites.

[sherlew99]

Sterilize? As in remove evidence of the U.S. landing? Perhaps that's why we're on fire to go back to the moon again. Yes, I saw the article. I didn't have time to post about it then. Perhaps I should, now. Will have to go find the article again, first.

[sherlew99]

USA Today has a good article regarding future moon missions.

U.S. can still beat China back to moon: Column

Mark Whittington 7 a.m. EST December 28, 2013

After China's successful series of robotic landings on the moon, many space experts agree the Chinese will probably execute a moon walk sometime in the 2020s. If and when that happens and if Americans are not on the moon to greet them, China becomes the world's space exploration leader and all that implies.

All is not lost:

Click here to read the rest.

[pickinduck]

That seems to imply that there is a 3rd greater party to impress.

[sherlew99]

Quite possibly.

[pickinduck]

Our alien overlords or the general public?

[sherlew99]

I'm not certain.