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Chinese Unmanned Spacecraft Lands On Moon
Reuters ^
| December 14, 2013
| Pete Sweeney
Posted on 12/14/2013 7:02:37 AM PST by lbryce
China landed an unmanned spacecraft on the moon on Saturday, state media reported, in the first such "soft-landing" since 1976, joining the United States and the former Soviet Union in managing to accomplish such a feat.
The Chang'e 3, a probe named after a lunar goddess in traditional Chinese mythology, is carrying the solar-powered Yutu, or Jade Rabbit buggy, which will dig and conduct geological surveys.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; moon; space
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To: dfwgator
Hhhhaaaaa. I almost wet my pants.
To: svcw
NASA will be replaced by free market space solutions. We’ll go further, faster than NASA ever could.
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posted on
12/14/2013 3:24:15 PM PST
by
1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
To: The Great RJ
Imagine instead that JFK offered an X-prize instead of creating another government bureaucracy that needlessly got people killed.
The future of space is private.
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posted on
12/14/2013 3:26:20 PM PST
by
1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
To: tet68
I think the lover was deployed this morning.
I found this funny coming from Communist atheists:
Named for traditional Chinese mythology
There weren’t any Maoist heroes? My China’s changed.
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posted on
12/14/2013 3:27:56 PM PST
by
1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
To: 1010RD
To: CMB_polarization
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posted on
12/14/2013 5:36:10 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: JoeProBono
did you just do that? Impressive!
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posted on
12/14/2013 6:08:11 PM PST
by
daniel1212
(Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
To: CodeToad
Loral in particular. As they were about to be indicted for it, Clinton personally signed an authorization.
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posted on
12/14/2013 6:49:20 PM PST
by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: lepton
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posted on
12/14/2013 7:08:27 PM PST
by
CodeToad
(When ignorance rules a person's decision they are resorting to superstition.)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
12/14/2013 7:42:27 PM PST
by
mbj
(Making good people helpless doesn't make bad people harmless.)
To: lbryce
well, it prolly did HIT the moon, landing still needs to be confirmed...
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posted on
12/14/2013 7:55:49 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: musicman
I see that kitty got caught! There is a old story story about where kitties go when you can't find them - to the moon.
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posted on
12/15/2013 5:53:07 AM PST
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: The Great RJ
And if certain other programs had not also been killed from lack of political will, we would have had interstellar ships either arrived or arriving at other solar systems.
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posted on
12/15/2013 5:55:34 AM PST
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: Average Al
At O’s request, GM is working on a navel rover ...
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posted on
12/15/2013 5:57:04 AM PST
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: 1010RD
“I think the lover was deployed this morning.”
Slip of the tongue or were you just warly morning groggy?
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posted on
12/15/2013 6:00:50 AM PST
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: The Great RJ
democrats aren’t interested in going to the moon. priority for them is spend on obamacare and other socialist programs for those that refuse to get a job!
To: the koolaidman
democrats aren’t interested in going to the moon. priority for them is spend on obamacare and other socialist programs for those that refuse to get a job!Hey, those that refuse to get a job, actually Vote for a living...
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posted on
12/15/2013 4:57:23 PM PST
by
FDNYRHEROES
(It's 3 AM. Let me sleep on it. I'll get back to you in 16 hours.)
To: svcw
Then I am not worth salt.
I love what NASA was, I love the idea/actual space travel, the inventions that came out of the space program, the scientific advances.
Me too, but I’ve lost count of how often NASA, no matter how successful it’s been, has been trashed by people in here.
To: chessplayer
Yea, a comrade in arms.
Thanks
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posted on
12/15/2013 7:31:24 PM PST
by
svcw
(Not 'hope and change' but 'dopes in chains')
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