Posted on 01/04/2018 8:37:28 PM PST by BenLurkin
The mission will consist of a relay orbiter being launched aboard a Long March 5 rocket in June of 2018. This relay will assume orbit around the Earth-Moon L2 Lagrange Point, followed by the launch of the lander and rover about six months later. In addition to an advanced suite of instruments for studying the lunar surface, the lander will also be carrying an aluminum alloy container filled with seeds and insects.
“The container will send potatoes, arabidopsis seeds and silkworm eggs to the surface of the Moon. The eggs will hatch into silkworms, which can produce carbon dioxide, while the potatoes and seeds emit oxygen through photosynthesis. Together, they can establish a simple ecosystem on the Moon.”
The mission will also be the first time that a mission is sent to an unexplored region on the far side of the Moon. This region is none other than the South Pole-Aitken Basin, a vast impact region in the southern hemisphere. Measuring roughly 2,500 km (1,600 mi) in diameter and 13 kilometers (8.1 mi) deep, it is the single-largest impact basin on the Moon and one of the largest in the Solar System.
This basin is also source of great interest to scientists, and not just because of its size. In recent years, it has been discovered that the region also contains vast amounts of water ice. These are thought to be the results of impacts by meteors and asteroids which left water ice that survived because of how the region is permanently shadowed. Without direct sunlight, water ice in these craters has not been subject to sublimation and chemical dissociation
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What about water? Are they going to pollute the moon the way they have polluted the earth?
“The container will send potatoes, arabidopsis seeds and silkworm eggs to the surface of the Moon. The eggs will hatch into silkworms, which can produce carbon dioxide, while the potatoes and seeds emit oxygen through photosynthesis. Together, they can establish a simple ecosystem on the Moon.”
... For 10 seconds.
Ha! I read that as upcoming Chinese leader!
These are the same people who equip their soldiers with airsoft equipment and plastic helmets.
I don’t get how bad the US had to have been on the global scale to hand over the entire planet to these knuckleheads.
I still recall the time at the deli where an angry mob formed around a chinese family because they wouldn’t get out of line, nor understand that they can’t buy 2 pounds of lobster. The idea of buying whole lobsters eluded them.
I hope it has enough battery life to last the 14 days every month it will be in total darkness.
If I was in charge, I’d send sea monkeys and Chia pets and just sit back and watch ‘em grow! It’s a fact that brine shrimp love the Bob Ross Chi-Chi-Chi-Chia!
Are they going to pollute the moon the way they have polluted the earth?
Count on it.
If they’re planning a daylight landing those worms will cook at 250 degrees temperature.
Maybe that was what they were planning. Cooked potato’s and worms?
Sounds like the Chinese have developed a way of growing plants in cheddar.
On their list should be:
*Wolves
*Pythons
*Pigeons
*Clintons
While they’re at it...throw in some kudzu vines and maybe some crabgrass seeds.
Kudzu! Exactly what I was going to say!
Cooked potato’s and worms?
Holiday dinner in North Korea.
Haha...that was going to be my exact comment!
LOL!
Sounds like they are getting ready to open up a Chinese carry-out and a silk factory on Mars. Well, at least the Martians will be well-fed and dressed, not the No. Koreans.
Chinese neighbor did not understand why her three pair did not beat three of a kind.(You can only use five cards)
“I still recall the time at the deli where an angry mob formed around a chinese family because they wouldn’t get out of line, nor understand that they can’t buy 2 pounds of lobster. The idea of buying whole lobsters eluded them.”
Reminds me of the time I went to the new Shakey’s in Olongapo. They had shrimp pizza, and they had mushroom pizza, but they wouldn’t let me order a shrimp and mushroom pizza.
Made sense to them, I guess.
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