Five Things China is doing In The Far Side of the Moon

Ink Stone News ^ | 01/14/2019 | by Viola Zhou and Arman Dzidzovic

[SeekAndFind]

Scientists operate the Chang'e-4 probe at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center on January 11.


A photo taken on January 3 shows the lunar rover Jade Rabbit-2 on the far side of the moon. Photo: EPA/China National Space Administration

[SeekAndFind]

A photo of the Chang'e-4 lander taken by the Jade Rabbit-2 rover on January 11. Photo: Xinhua/China National Space Administration

[gathersnomoss]

The left-turn signal is stuck again.

[Don Corleone]

Taking the high ground. A military axiom.

[seawolf101]

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[RinaseaofDs]

I’m glad we’ve got an orbiter to keep tabs on what’s going on there.

Talk about a surveillance free place to do your work . . .

[Magnum44]

Waiting for the flat-Earthers to crawl out from their rocks and point out how this is all faked...part of the vast NASA conspiracy...

[Red Badger]

How do they communicate with it?.. Relay satellite?...........................

[Red Badger]

It’s tilted on the driver’s side. Must be bad shocks..................

[Telepathic Intruder]

Bringing a biosphere is actually a useful experiment—something the U.S. hasn’t done too much of. It would be interesting to see how long it survives the added cosmic rays in space.

[Red Badger]

They didn't bring an umbrella?..................

[Deaf Smith]

"on the far side of the Moon, which is not visible from Earth"

Once a month for the calender new Moon, are we not seeing the dark side of the Moon?

The Moon's rotation is 27 days.

[NorthMountain]

Luna is tidally locked to Earth. We always see (mostly) the same side of it. The far side of the Moon isn’t always dark, any more than the near side is.

[Telepathic Intruder]

"...photos were sent back through the relay satellite Queqiao".

Queqiao is another Chinese satellite launched earlier specifically for that purpose. It's anchored at the L₂ point further behind the moon.

[VietVet876]

I bet they have at least guy up there who will try to photograph an Eclipse, and try to Breathe the atmosphere without sustaining any Brain Damage. But in the end, it’s all about Money.

[dsrtsage]

I am surprised they didnt land at an apollo site. Though the backside has its charm as being the side with all the real cool bases left over from ancient civilizations

[Robert DeLong]

Not the flat-earthers, but the denier’s claims that man has not left earth’s orbit. That we never landed on the moon etc.

[neverevergiveup]

6. Listening to Pink Floyd..

[Justa]

See post 16.