zekes Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 They are funded all right, they are just wasting money on bad ideas like SLS or Orion. But this is completely off-topic, let's talk about Change'3 No! Off topic! Dreamchaser is the best!Back to topic i can't believe it worked! Nice job China! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tetryds Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Amazing I guess I know what I'm going to build next in KSP. BTW is there a Chang'e 3 challenge already?The cheapest, most efficient probe with a rover to land on Mün wins? Count me in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartwo Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Fair enough.I just find it astonishing how quickly the Chinese are moving foward,can't wait for their next mission(I just said that). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryten Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 23 pages... anyone any idea yet how to pronounce the damaned thing?From watching chinese-language news reports (for the pretty pictures, I can't more than a few words of chinese), it's pretty much 'chong-uh sohn-how' (SÄÂnhào=number three), all spoken rapidly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astropapi1 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 So, what's their next mission? (Chang'e 4) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lohan2008 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 So, what's their next mission? (Chang'e 4) Return with samples > according to the talking head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryten Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Chang'e 4 is literally the Chang'e 3 backup. There might be some slightly better instruments, but it's going to be almost identical. The biggest change is likely to be the terrain at the landing site, now -3 has proven the approach with a low-risk (i.e. very flat) area. The sample-return mission is Chang'e 5/6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbal01 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 I don't remember the USA operating any rovers on the Moon. The Surveyor probes were pretty rudimentary (which is quite normal, as they were developed as cheap demonstrators for the Apollo program rather than proper probes.)Also, both the Luna and Surveyor programs had lots of failures. 2 out of 7 Surveyor's crashed and only a handful of the more ambitious Luna landers actually landed.So yeah, China has achieved quite a feat by successfully landing on their first attempt, and they get bonus points for the rover.What I meant was landing a robotic lander on the moon, not specifically rovers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zitronen Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 23 pages... anyone any idea yet how to pronounce the damaned thing?Go here: http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.phpPaste in:嫦娥If you hover over the >> thing and click on the speaker it will pronounce it for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimMartland Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Considering the rate of China'a expansion an growth, and the relatively slow progress of the US space program, I think the first flag planted on mars is gonna be red with little yellow stars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
czokletmuss Posted December 14, 2013 Author Share Posted December 14, 2013 Considering the rate of China'a expansion an growth, and the relatively slow progress of the US space program, I think the first flag planted on mars is gonna be red with little yellow stars.I don't see the reason for anyone to care honestly. If we as a species get to another planet than these flags would be proven to be unimportant in the grand scale of things.And speaking about Americano-centrism:Just joking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunken Hobo Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Go here: http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.phpPaste in:嫦娥If you hover over the >> thing and click on the speaker it will pronounce it for you.Cheers, very helpful being able to hear it. Wasn't as difficult as I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numerobis Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I don't see the reason for anyone to care honestly. If we as a species get to another planet than these flags would be proven to be unimportant in the grand scale of things.And speaking about Americano-centrism:...snip...Just joking The telescope, sunglasses, and US flag are made in China, obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadshot462 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 One of the first surface pictures from the rover:Reminds me of the 0.13 days when the Mun's surface would blank out any stars from the sky. Quite a cool effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cesrate Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Considering the rate of China'a expansion an growth, and the relatively slow progress of the US space program, I think the first flag planted on mars is gonna be red with little yellow stars.China has no plan to Mars yet... Well, manned mission without a certain aim may just be a waste of personnel and money. So all the thing is uncertain. Maybe the first flag will be plant by Elon Musk, who know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhnifong Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kookoo_gr Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 fixed the color balance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brotoro Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 The next thing they should do is demonstrate their precision-landing ability by landing very close to an old Apollo site and sending the rover over to take pictures. I'd pay money to see THAT.The Apollo 12 site would be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astropapi1 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 The next thing they should do is demonstrate their precision-landing ability by landing very close to an old Apollo site and sending the rover over to take pictures. I'd pay money to see THAT.The Apollo 12 site would be good.No! Make it Apollo 11, so all those conspiracy theorists can go stick those theories up their... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommygun Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 This is pretty cool, but I wonder that in 10 years from now if people will start saying it was all filmed in a Mongolian desert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lohan2008 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 The next thing they should do is demonstrate their precision-landing ability by landing very close to an old Apollo site and sending the rover over to take pictures. I'd pay money to see THAT. The Apollo 12 site would be good.This is so cool, I definitely agree > Apollo 12 is close enough to justify the lunar drive.I would pay for China to go over to the Russian probes and have a look inside them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibb31 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 fixed the color balanceWhy do you assume there's anything wrong with the color balance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibb31 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 This is so cool, I definitely agree > Apollo 12 is close enough to justify the lunar drive.I would pay for China to go over to the Russian probes and have a look inside them.Rubbish, the closest previous lander is Luna 17/Lunokhod 2, which is 390 km away. Apollo 12 is actually 1400 km from Chang'e. The Yutu rover is expected to function for 3 months with a planned range of 10 km.If the choice was between taking photos of old Apollo hardware and maximizing science returns at the landing site, then it's a no brainer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
czokletmuss Posted December 15, 2013 Author Share Posted December 15, 2013 (edited) Yutu rover deployment: And according to mission plan:One day after landing, the two vehicles - the Chang'e lander and Yutu rover start a sequence of taking photos of each other before the rover departs the landing site and starts nominal mission operations.Source: http://www.spaceflight101.com/change-3.htmlSo there will be MOAR images of both Yutu and lander soon Plus some congrats to China: It's funny that so far ESA and Roskomos have congratulated China its success but NASA is still silent Edited December 15, 2013 by czokletmuss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iDan122 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Time to make a Chang'e 3 replica( once 0.23 is out and my laptop gets repaired) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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