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| Chinese spacecraft makes first landing on moon's far side |
| 2019-01-03 |
| h/t Instapundit [AyPee] A Chinese spacecraft on Thursday made the first-ever landing on the far side of the moon, state media said. The lunar explorer Chang’e 4 touched down at 10:26 a.m., China Central Television said in a brief announcement at the top of its noon news broadcast. The far side of the moon faces away from Earth and is relatively unexplored. It is also known as the dark side of the moon. The pioneering landing demonstrates China’s growing ambitions as a space power. In 2013, Chang’e 3 was the first spacecraft to land on the moon since the Soviet Union’s Luna 24 in 1976. Something, IMO, is very wrong with the 21st century. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #4 The Persian excursion, much grander: "Um... Sarkhand?" "Let's try Alexander." All systems were healthy. Smoke belched from the stealthy Green Egg that they used for a lander. |
| Posted by: Snavins Smith4262 2019-01-03 23:03 |
| #3 Confucius say, "Mission to land On backside of NASA unmanned But quickly expand, For one rabbit in hand Worth ten thousand in plan." And he fanned. First click Pic-a-Nic, fa true. |
| Posted by: Big Panda9909 2019-01-03 22:48 |
| #2 I'm not saying they didn't, but the video of mission control going ape to the footage of the lander landing....from a camera about 8 yards away from the Commodore Amiga looking vehicle, well...I've seen better Bollywood. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2019-01-03 20:09 |
| #1 If you can't trust State Media.... Can anybody verify this took place? Any messages from the far side of the moon? Or are the Chicoms staking out territory? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2019-01-03 15:31 |