magnemoe Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 2 minutes ago, MaverickSawyer said: It's getting close to noon at that location, if I'm understanding things correctly, and that's the point at which it's hardest to reject heat from the rover's systems. Understand, and yes it should affect the heating on the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 2 hours ago, magnemoe said: Think Soviet did with their lunar rovers, US tend to go for skycranes. Only one rover ever used a skycrane - Curiosity. Spoiler Although thousands of Soviet "rovers" did use a skycrane of sorts. https://youtu.be/HCHblu3FONk?t=268 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
050644zf Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 According to weibo, today Yutu-2 will be awake and they will take photos from each other on Jan 11. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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050644zf Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 New photos! 360° Photo captured by Chang'e-4 landscape camera. Azimuthal Projection Cylinder Projection Now the white balance is correct. You can see three 5m antennas, solar panel,and Yutu-2. BTW, Yuty-2 was awake at 20:00 Jan 10 UTC. Besides, CNSA has provided precise landing location to LRO team. We may see the image from LRO satellite soon. Finally, here is a photo captured by camera developed by Saudi Arabia on the micro satellite Longjiang-2 which released at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
050644zf Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 (edited) Live streaming now! Chang'e-4 and Yutu-2 are going to take photo from each other. Streaming Link: (Chinese) http://live.weibo.com/show?id=1042152:0264ac5f9c53dd866581d49f9d1183c8 Edited January 11, 2019 by 050644zf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
050644zf Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 (edited) Position of Yutu-2 now Relay Path Control Center is now sending command. Edited January 11, 2019 by 050644zf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
050644zf Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Here it is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SuperFastJellyfish Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 2 hours ago, tater said: Awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSEP Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 When was the last time a saw real-time footage from the surface of the Moon again? like, 47 years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xd the great Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 that looked like a pretty hard fall... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liweih Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Official news says the bio-experiment is now running smoothly. Cotton seeds inside the pdobe has sprout. https://m.weibo.cn/2656274875/4328650155819795 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
050644zf Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 (edited) CCTV recently interviewed the main designer of China Lunar Exploration Project--Wu Weiren. About the relay satellite "Queqiao", he said: "American asked us: "If you want to launch a relay satellite, can you make it work longer? Besides, if Chang'e-4 land on the far side of the moon, can you placed a beacon on it?" I said ok we will, but why? Originally we have 3-year lifetime, and they want 5-year. (10 year estimated now). He answered: "We are going to the far side of the moon and we can use the relay satellite if it has longer lifetime. And we will know the landing position by the beacon." (Sorry for my poor translation) BTW, CNSA released some future mission of Chang'e series: In the end of this year , Chang'e-5 will take the lunar surface sample and return. Chang'e-6 planned to take the sample of the south pole of the moon and return. Chang'e-7 planned to explore the terrain, material, environment of the south pole of the moon. Chang'e-8 planned to further the exploration and test some key technology such as building lunar base with 3D Printing. Source:https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/pBr2GL3x3st-010tVaBmew Edited January 15, 2019 by 050644zf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YNM Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 On 1/11/2019 at 3:04 PM, 050644zf said: Streaming Link: (Chinese) http://live.weibo.com/show?id=1042152:0264ac5f9c53dd866581d49f9d1183c8 Yay ! Maybe they will stream more things once again... And good ones on the moon I suppose ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reactordrone Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 On 1/12/2019 at 1:38 AM, tater said: Scott Manley did an annotated version at correct speed. The twitter one seems a little time accelerated. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unEbg_dt3DM&t=0s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Xd the great Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 14 minutes ago, NSEP said: Years later, when we once again land on the moon: We have found aliens. It appears to be genetically similar to our plants. Then: Its not aliens. Its just Chang'e 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 On 1/12/2019 at 8:20 PM, Xd the great said: that looked like a pretty hard fall... Yeah, it must have been engineered by Kerbals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 *sigh* On this morning's news they referred to these probes as being on the "dark side" of the moon. I just sent them a message telling them that they are currently in sunshine on the Far Side of the moon, and to get their terminology right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 1 hour ago, StrandedonEarth said: *sigh* On this morning's news they referred to these probes as being on the "dark side" of the moon. I just sent them a message telling them that they are currently in sunshine on the Far Side of the moon, and to get their terminology right. I gave up on this a while back. "Dark" can, after all, be a metaphor...like the Dark Ages. If it's unseen, it's "dark" to us even if the sun might be lighting it quite nicely. 8 hours ago, NSEP said: Are the seeds growing under direct sunlight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinimumSky5 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 I'm fairly certain that it's an LED array, partly because I vaguely recall hearing about that, but mostly because if it isn't, then thus experiment wouldn't likely last a lunar night. 2 weeks without light is very tough on any plant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ho Lam Kerman Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 2 hours ago, StrandedonEarth said: *sigh* On this morning's news they referred to these probes as being on the "dark side" of the moon. I just sent them a message telling them that they are currently in sunshine on the Far Side of the moon, and to get their terminology right. I still have to periodically tell people exactly that. Anyways, to get back on topic, I think it's a combination of both- sunlight during the day, and LEDs during the munar lunar night. I think it's going to be somewhat similar to the way lunar base crew would farm plants- sunlight during the day to conserve electricity, and LEDs during the night to keep them from dying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xd the great Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 15 hours ago, StrandedonEarth said: *sigh* On this morning's news they referred to these probes as being on the "dark side" of the moon. I just sent them a message telling them that they are currently in sunshine on the Far Side of the moon, and to get their terminology right. Someone watched too much Transformers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSEP Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 The seeds on the Moon sprouted but died, apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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