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China says its spacecraft lands on Moon's far side
BBC ^ | June 2, 2024 | Georgina Rannard,Laura Bicker

Posted on 06/02/2024 7:47:05 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie

China says its uncrewed craft has successfully landed on the far side of the Moon - an unexplored place almost no-one tries to go.

The Chang'e 6 touched down in the South Pole-Aitken Basin at 06:23 Beijing time on Sunday morning (22:23 GMT Saturday), the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said.

Launched on 3 May, the mission aims to collect precious rock and soil from this region for the first time in history.

The probe could extract some of the Moon's oldest rocks from a huge crater on its South Pole.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: China; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; moon
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What are the Chinese up to?
1 posted on 06/02/2024 7:47:05 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Why is China doing this?

Rumor has it they are intending to open a Chinese restaurant on the moon. The food is expected to be good, but it won’t have atmosphere.


2 posted on 06/02/2024 7:47:40 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ( It is time to prosecute the "10% for the Big Guy" guy.)
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To: The_Media_never_lie
Obligatory pic.


3 posted on 06/02/2024 7:49:43 AM PDT by BipolarBob (If at first you don't succeed then skydiving is not for you.)
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To: BipolarBob

My favorite PF! Still a classic!


4 posted on 06/02/2024 7:50:41 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ( It is time to prosecute the "10% for the Big Guy" guy.)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

The Chinese only do things for the propaganda points ,LOL


5 posted on 06/02/2024 7:51:57 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Have the album. have the T-shirt.


6 posted on 06/02/2024 7:52:11 AM PDT by BipolarBob (If at first you don't succeed then skydiving is not for you.)
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To: The_Media_never_lie
Ultimately putting a base on the moon.
7 posted on 06/02/2024 7:53:05 AM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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"""China is planning three more uncrewed missions this decade as it looks for water on the Moon and investigates setting up a permanent base there.

Beijing's broader strategy aims to see a Chinese astronaut walk on the moon by around 2030.

The US also aims to put astronauts back on the moon, with Nasa aiming to launch its Artemis 3 mission in 2026."""


8 posted on 06/02/2024 7:53:41 AM PDT by Yardstick
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All your base are belong to us.


9 posted on 06/02/2024 7:56:21 AM PDT by FlyingEagle
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"The food is expected to be good, but it won’t have atmosphere."

Cats are up in arms over the Chinese invasion of their place! They adamantly refuse to allow the Chinese to put the on the menu, like on Earth. The Chinese have no right to invade them! Their are plenty of cats on Earth.

10 posted on 06/02/2024 7:56:39 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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It's pointless to go to the moon.

Why are the Chinese doing this?

Propaganda. To show the world that China # 1.

That's the only reason to go to the moon. It's like climbing Mount Everest. Pointless, but impressive.

It's why Israel sent a craft to the moon a few years ago. To show the world that the Jewish state is among the world's leaders.

It's why India, and whoever else, is planning to go to the moon.

It's why NASA is planning to send women and men of color to the moon. So that women and black people can say, "One of ours walked on the moon! See what we did!"

11 posted on 06/02/2024 7:57:16 AM PDT by Angelino97
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“The US also aims to put astronauts back on the moon, with Nasa aiming to launch its Artemis 3 mission in 2026.”

Between DEI, a stupid, distracted public and corrupt politicians, my money is against that happening.


12 posted on 06/02/2024 7:57:46 AM PDT by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

;-)


13 posted on 06/02/2024 7:58:43 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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Because the US expects to have perfected AI video fakes by 2026...


14 posted on 06/02/2024 7:59:33 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Yardstick
The US also aims to put [black and female] astronauts back on the moon, with Nasa aiming to launch its Artemis 3 mission in 2026."""

NASA's sole objective is so that white men won't be the only ones to have walked on the moon.

15 posted on 06/02/2024 7:59:58 AM PDT by Angelino97
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To: The_Media_never_lie

What a coincidence, I landed one there too! You can’t see it, you’ll just have to take my word for it.


16 posted on 06/02/2024 8:00:11 AM PDT by PTBAA
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To: BipolarBob; The_Media_never_lie

One did not go to a party in the early 80s without that album making at least one rotation on the turntable.


17 posted on 06/02/2024 8:01:01 AM PDT by Allegra (Toss a zeeper in the Dnieper)
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To: PIF

I thought our cat TC passed away but she’s on the Moon ,LOL


18 posted on 06/02/2024 8:02:22 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: The_Media_never_lie

I guess the band they’re in started playing different tunes.


19 posted on 06/02/2024 8:06:22 AM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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What are the Chinese up to?

A permanent base on the moon.

As the USA had on the drawing board in the 1970s.

20 posted on 06/02/2024 8:07:24 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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