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 ...
Maybe the Chi-Coms will post a launch video to GoogTube after they reach the Moon?
The long march to a collectivist American order has been in the works since after CW1.
Well, it just wouldn’t do to see hundreds of paying
comrades incinerated by a gritch.
Let them trying out the gritchy Obamacare website!
“[1:45]The third engine has been ignited for the second time.”
Looks like all is well with the orbit they are in and are going for the Moon. Is Alice on board?
Which I think is the major reason for hussein’s gutting of our space program.
As life in the U.S. continues to decline, we’ll all be watching Communist Chinese lunar rovers beam back video on the news...
As those in the U.S. government sit around conference tables figuring out how to gain even more control over us and loot what’s left of our money/savings.
From spaceflightnow.com:
The Yutu rover, mounted on a stationary rocket-powered landing platform, will touch down on the moon Dec. 14. If it makes it, the Chinese mission will be the first spacecraft to achieve a soft landing on the moon since 1976.
The lunar landing mission is named Chang’e 3, the third Chinese lunar probe following a pair of orbiters launched in 2007 and 2010.
Packed with a ground-piercing radar, cameras, spectrometers and plutonium-powered heaters, the rover lifted off at 1730 GMT (12:30 p.m. EST) Sunday from the Xichang launching base in southern China’s Sichuan province. Launch occurred at 1:30 a.m. Beijing time Monday.
The 185-foot-tall Long March 3B rocket ignited its eight hydrazine-fueled first stage and booster engines and climbed away from its mountainous launch pad, shedding the liquid-fueled boosters and first stage a few minutes later.
A hydrazine-fueled second stage and hydrogen-fueled third stage were expected to propel the Chang’e 3 lander on a direct four-day trajectory to the moon, where it will brake into orbit Dec. 6.
I thought it said they were going for a stabilized
earth orbit of some weeks duration then go for
translunar.
“[1:49]The rocket and the probe have been separated.
[1:48]The third stage engine has been shut down for the second time.”
Looks like their satellite is on the way to the Moon!
Where did you see that?
“[1:54]The ground center is sending orders to the probe.”
This translation makes it sound like the satellite is a soldier.
“[1:56]The probe keeps a steady flight position.”
We’ll be watching Communist Chinese lunar rovers on TV exploring the lunar surface come Christmas day...
While we have a convoluted corrupted and hacked government website attempting to seize control the entire medical/healthcare industry.
Looking sharp America!
Not sure, could have been the china site or Daily Mail.
I don’t remember if the Apollo missions went direct
that was a few years ago....sadly.
I could see an orbit or two just to make sure of
the window.
“[1:57]Chang’e 3 will fly for 112 hours.”
Based on this and the previous entry translunar injection has been successful with the trip taking about 4.66 days to reach the Moon.
Spaceflightnow.com says:
“A hydrazine-fueled second stage and hydrogen-fueled third stage were expected to propel the Chang’e 3 lander on a direct four-day trajectory to the moon, where it will brake into orbit Dec. 6.”
China is going to land a man on the moon in most of our lifetimes.
If the U.S. doesn’t stiffen its spine and learn to respect intelligence over grifting there is going to be chaos in the Pacific.
I bet it costs less than healthcare.gov too
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