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China’s Chang’e 4 lander finds gel-like substance on the far side of the moon
Digital Trends ^ | Aug. 31, 2018 | Georgina Torbet

Posted on 08/31/2019 1:16:22 PM PDT by Innovative

China’s Chang’e 4 mission is currently exploring one of the lesser-known areas of the moon — the far side, which faces away from Earth. Previously it found minerals which may have come from deep beneath the lunar surface, and now it has found something even stranger: An oddly-colored “gel-like” substance of unknown origin.

The mission consists of not only the Chang’e 4 lander, but also a smaller rover called Yutu-2. It was Yutu-2 which stumbled across the unexpected blobby mystery, as reported by space.com. The discovery occurred on lunar day 8, or July 25 here on Earth, and it was so intriguing to the mission scientists that they chose to suspend other exploration plans to learn more about the unknown substance. The information about the finding comes originally from a Chinese language publication called Our Space.

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: change; china; moon; moonlander
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Interesting. It will be even more interesting when they get more info.
1 posted on 08/31/2019 1:16:22 PM PDT by Innovative
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The blob.


2 posted on 08/31/2019 1:18:13 PM PDT by Joe Bfstplk (No real problem has a solution.)
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To: Innovative

It is green cheese! I knew that since I was a kid!!


3 posted on 08/31/2019 1:18:38 PM PDT by entropy12 (Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won't have time to make them all yourself.)
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4 posted on 08/31/2019 1:20:18 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Innovative

There is no far side of the moon, really. Matter of fact, it’s all far.


5 posted on 08/31/2019 1:21:04 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Nazis


6 posted on 08/31/2019 1:23:05 PM PDT by cuban leaf (We're living in Dr. Zhivago but without the love triangle)
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7 posted on 08/31/2019 1:24:08 PM PDT by cuban leaf (We're living in Dr. Zhivago but without the love triangle)
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To: Joe Bfstplk
Nobody panic.


8 posted on 08/31/2019 1:25:00 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Innovative

P Floyd was there


9 posted on 08/31/2019 1:25:06 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (nicdip.com)
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Leftover duck sauce.

Shang dynasty.


10 posted on 08/31/2019 1:25:07 PM PDT by Jim Noble (There is nothing racist in stating plainly what most people already know)
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Makes sense. Moon based corporations dump all their toxic waste on the dark side to hide it and keep up the charade that there is no life on the moon.

Anyway thats my conspiracy and I’m sticking to it...until something else fun comes along.


11 posted on 08/31/2019 1:27:27 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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Probably a garbage dump by one of our Apollo missions.


12 posted on 08/31/2019 1:28:52 PM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans beliCNN eve every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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....found something even stranger: An oddly-colored “gel-like” substance of unknown origin....

oddly colored ? Like purple, orange, green, taupe?

Unknown origin...like the moon...Lol


13 posted on 08/31/2019 1:28:58 PM PDT by Popman
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They're in the wrong spot. They need to be checking out the Tycho Crater area.


14 posted on 08/31/2019 1:30:54 PM PDT by xp38
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I find it interesting that they say they put their lander on the side never visible from Earth. I wouldn’t trust anything they say about this.


15 posted on 08/31/2019 1:31:32 PM PDT by 21twelve (!)
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To: LeoTDB69

Dalotek Inc.


16 posted on 08/31/2019 1:32:39 PM PDT by wally_bert (Hola. Me llamo Inspector Carlton Lassiter. Me gusta queso.)
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17 posted on 08/31/2019 1:32:48 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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I was about to post the same thought. They “found this on the moon”....sure they did.


18 posted on 08/31/2019 1:34:04 PM PDT by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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They can say anything they want. Nobody else can prove otherwise. /s


19 posted on 08/31/2019 1:34:22 PM PDT by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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....found something even stranger: An oddly-colored “gel-like” substance of unknown origin....

Could it be the long-sought "gender fluid" that drives the Left?

Actually, it's interesting that anything would be "gel-like" at lunar farside temperatures.

20 posted on 08/31/2019 1:36:03 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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