China lands on far side of the moon

UPI ^ | June 04, 2024 | Mark Moran

[Red Badger]

TOTALLY UNNOTICED BY WESTERN MEDIA...................

[Red Badger]

Ping!......................

[wildcard_redneck]

We have more angry trannies and have been told that Muslims were responsible for getting America on the moon.

[Jim W N]

China’s always been on the far side of the moon...

[George from New England]

DOJ to investigate Pink Floyd

[Campion]

I'm a little unclear on why NASA isn't interested in farside exploration, and isn't interested in putting rovers on the moon to explore (on both sides). I guess they figure (a) we know everything interesting about lunar geology from Apollo; and (b) no possibility that life ever existed on the moon (unlike Mars).

Putting a rover on the moon is (mostly) far easier than putting one on Mars. The main tech challenge would be having enough battery power to keep things from freezing during the 2 week lunar night. (Or you could go nuclear and make that a moot issue.)

[Bulwyf]

I bet. It’s all a joke. We’re the punchline.

[xoxox]

looks real to me.

[Alas Babylon!]

Hmmm... they’re up to no good and we won’t be able to see what they’re doing!

Everyone panic!

[Yo-Yo]

You're a little behind the times with this post. The probe has already taken soil samples, taken off from the Lunar Surface, and is now in transit back to Earth to deliver said soil samples.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3gg32nn9p4o

China says its lunar probe has successfully taken off from the far side of the Moon to begin its journey back to Earth carrying the first samples ever collected from the region.

State media says the collecting module of the Chang'e-6 craft lifted off about 07:38 on Tuesday (23:38 GMT Monday) to begin the journey back.

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[cuz1961]

probably opening a coal mine and power plant staffed by uyghur kid slave laborers.

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[Jan_Sobieski]

Impressive! I wonder if the Quakers are filming?

[MeganC]

China is landing on the backside of the moon because:

1. It can’t easily be denied as a hoax.
2. No one can see what China is doing.
3. They’re up to something.

[N. Theknow]

Well, there goes the neighborhood. Coming soon to a moon near you, a coal-fired electric plant and Lunar Climate Crisis!

[Beowulf9]

When I was a little kid the joke was if the hole in the earth was too deep a guy from China popped up.

Now I guess if the hole in the American side of the moon is too deep...

[Red Badger]

Astronaut discovers Alien Mt. Rushmore.................

[teeman8r]

in before the gary larson cartoon

[Red Badger]

Nope....................

[teeman8r]

d’oh. so close. color me the gifted boy pushing on the pull door.

[teeman8r]

one of these days alice.... to the moon.