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China to launch moon rover mission to scout out locations for a lunar base (9:30am PST/12:30pm EST)
Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 30NOV2013 | Daily Mail Reporter

Posted on 12/01/2013 8:03:37 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine

China will tomorrow become the first country in almost 40 years to soft-land a probe on the moon, in a huge step forward for its ambitious space programme.

The nation will become the third in history to launch a lunar probe when the device, named 'Jade Rabbit' after a Chinese folklore character, launches at 5.30pm on Sunday evening, which is 1.30am local time.

The mission forms part of a plan in which China hopes to build a permanent lunar base in order to launch future missions to Mars within the next 15 years.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: apollolegacy; china; launch; moon; obamalegacy; rocket; space; spacerace
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China to launch moon rover mission to scout out locations for a lunar base that will one day be used for a mission to Mars

1 posted on 12/01/2013 8:03:37 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Live launch coverage will be here.

http://www.china.org.cn/index.htm


2 posted on 12/01/2013 8:04:12 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
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To: SunkenCiv; KevinDavis; Phil V.; God bless America-5; Straight Vermonter; buccaneer81; boris; ...

Live launch ringy pingy!


3 posted on 12/01/2013 8:06:31 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
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China can do whatever it wants in space. We will cover the important stuff like making muslims feel good about themselves.


4 posted on 12/01/2013 8:07:29 AM PST by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

A true “rice rocket!”


5 posted on 12/01/2013 8:08:37 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Another story about it.

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/china/change3/131130preview/#.Upte4uJjGXM


6 posted on 12/01/2013 8:09:02 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
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To: dsrtsage

Hmmm - we sense a note of sarcasm here.

We approve ;’)


7 posted on 12/01/2013 8:09:24 AM PST by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Well it’s about time someone bothered to do this.

40 years and we couldn’t even get a remote-controlled rover there? It doesn’t even have to be a true robot. The signal lag is so small that you can control it from Earth directly in almost real time.


8 posted on 12/01/2013 8:10:20 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: Jack Hydrazine

But they won’t beat us at Muslim outreach.


9 posted on 12/01/2013 8:10:29 AM PST by Proud2BeRight
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To: Proud2BeRight

China is more into counter-jihad for Muzzies.


10 posted on 12/01/2013 8:12:54 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
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To: VanDeKoik

There are reasons why we haven’t been back.


11 posted on 12/01/2013 8:13:33 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

That’s because it’s impossible to get a human safely to Mars and back.


12 posted on 12/01/2013 8:15:58 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

Is that the scenic route we’ve been taking all this time???


13 posted on 12/01/2013 8:18:16 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

Impossible? I rather doubt that.


14 posted on 12/01/2013 8:19:01 AM PST by null and void (I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
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To: null and void; Jack Hydrazine

Well, that’s what I believe. This isn’t Christopher Columbus setting off from Genoa.


15 posted on 12/01/2013 8:25:33 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

And your Black Friday purchases are funding our future subjugation from space. Great job, America!


16 posted on 12/01/2013 8:26:22 AM PST by montag813 (NO AMNESTY * ENFORCE THE LAW * http://StandWithArizona.com)
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To: montag813

Which is worse? Fedzilla keeping Americans from reaching LEO and beyond or having the Chi-Coms dominate space?


17 posted on 12/01/2013 8:29:00 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

I don’t see a live launch link at that site.


18 posted on 12/01/2013 8:30:08 AM PST by saganite (What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
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To: dsrtsage

I think it is great that we have somebody else besides Russia to bum a ride to space off of. Our astronauts can put their gear in a bag tied to the end of a stick, and stand outside their launch site with their thumbs out.


19 posted on 12/01/2013 8:32:09 AM PST by TheGipperWasRight
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To: saganite

I think it is this one

http://china.org.cn/china/2013-12/01/content_30763194.htm

but I’m not sure.

What I think the Chi-Coms are going to do is open up the video at the last moment and shut it down immediately if there is a problem with the rocket like this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_EnrVf9u8s


20 posted on 12/01/2013 8:33:25 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
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