China's space agency releases images of national flag unfurled on moon

Xinhua ^ | 12/4/2020 | Chen Xiaoli

[Alter Kaker]

Image released by the China National Space Administration on December 4, 2020 shows China's national flag unfurled from the Chang'e-5 probe on the moon. The image was taken by a panoramic camera installed on the lander-ascender combination of the probe, before the ascender blasted off from the moon with lunar samples late Thursday.

Image released by the China National Space Administration on December 4, 2020 shows China's national flag unfurled from the Chang'e-5 probe on the moon. The image was taken by a panoramic camera installed on the lander-ascender combination of the probe, before the ascender blasted off from the moon with lunar samples late Thursday.

[1Old Pro]

Wonder if the Flag was made in China.

[BBQToadRibs]

Officially territory of the South China Sea now.

[Track9]

3 inch flag installed by a robot doesn’t count for much.

[Alter Kaker]

Vietnam and the Philippines are Sad.

[buckalfa]

Well possession is 9/10th’s of the law. That and the United States apparently has no national will to explore the solar system beyond low earth orbit.

[BillyCuccio]

Pretty pathetic of the chinks , we did this 50 years ago with Americans actually placing it there.

[jdsteel]

How cute. Now, how long has the American flag been there?

[puppypusher]

Now How do we know that flag was actually photographed while it was on the moons surface?For all we know it could have been photographed in a ChiCom movie studio.

[Cvengr]

First photo looks staged with a vertical wall behind he flag about 10 ft in back, with dirt laid on the stage floor. The discoloration strip doesn’t appear to continue through the flag, so either staged or photo-shopped.

[Empire_of_Liberty]

Just doin’ what white people did over 50 years ago.

And at gunpoint.

And using slaves.

And while releasing worldwide disease.

What a country!

(America’s dead in Korea and Vietnam cry out.)

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Since 1969 how many trillions have we poured into EBT, Section 8, WIC, SSI, welfare, and other giveaways so that lazy shiftless people can live comfortably and don't have to work?

[libh8er]

And 60 years too late.

[chopperk]

Is Bill Clinton’s face on the back side????
When he ran for his second term, he sold a major portion of our missle technology to the Chicoms for cash to run his campaign.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

There’s an American flag on the moon already.

[1Old Pro]

There’s an American flag on the moon already.

We should charge them a landing fee.

[wastedyears]

Unprecedented? Seriously? Our lander safely touched down, with men aboard, then left the surface and successfully docked with atmospheric module.

Maybe unprecedented for China.

[AFB-XYZ]

Not impressed. We did it 51 years ago.

[Blood of Tyrants]

The US did this IN PERSON over 50 years ago.

[HeadOn]

In other news, Bill Clinton was honored in Beijing as “Chief of Space Operations Research” for providing priceless (free) information key to keep rockets from tumbling after launch.