czokletmuss Posted December 14, 2013 Author Share Posted December 14, 2013 Either way, bring on the "wow nasa hiding moon's real color china giving us the truth, moon is orange wake up sheeple" nutjobs.Oh crap, you are right. I guess it's their happy day.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunken Hobo Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 23 pages... anyone any idea yet how to pronounce the damaned thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lohan2008 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 (edited) orange tint: it could be that there was not enough power (on lander) to send a clear signal.or cameras used false colour to detect shadows. Edited December 14, 2013 by Lohan2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
czokletmuss Posted December 14, 2013 Author Share Posted December 14, 2013 23 pages... anyone any idea yet how to pronounce the damaned thing?In English? I guess like "ch-on-gue"; in Polish it can be write down as "dżą-gę" more or less. Is there anyone here from China? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhnifong Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Cesrate​​​​​ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lohan2008 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Solar panels deployed !http://english.cntv.cn/program/newsupdate/20131214/104460.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
czokletmuss Posted December 14, 2013 Author Share Posted December 14, 2013 "- (..)is designed for one-year lifespan- Because the solar panels will run out?"I smiled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iDan122 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Bothers me how so many people are indifferent about the Chinese landing on the Moon uhhh.Anyway China did a good job, they'll be colonizing Mars by 2030 definitely. Theyre supposed to start building an Mir sized space station in 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tetryds Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Probe "Made in China"... a few years ago no one would ever take this seriously.Good job, they will probably send someone to the moon soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lohan2008 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 (edited) Probe "Made in China"... a few years ago no one would ever take this seriously.Good job, they will probably send someone to the moon soon.Will not be till 2020, as the Chinese want to build a space station first > 2016. Edited December 14, 2013 by Lohan2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
czokletmuss Posted December 14, 2013 Author Share Posted December 14, 2013 I'm so glad that we returned to the Moon after all these years. I hope that there will be even more Chinese activities in space in the near future, even going beyond Tiangong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbal01 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Congrats china! You've finally done something the USA and USSR did in the 50's-70's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tetryds Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Congrats china! You've finally done something the USA and USSR did in the 50's-70's!Only 10x cheaper, 10x faster... from scratch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lohan2008 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Only 10x cheaper, 10x faster... from scratch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadshot462 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 (edited) This is it, live deployment of the rover on the moon!http://english.cntv.cn/live/p2p/index.shtmlEdit:It rolled to the surface! Edited December 14, 2013 by deadshot462 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibb31 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Congrats china! You've finally done something the USA and USSR did in the 50's-70's!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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
czokletmuss Posted December 14, 2013 Author Share Posted December 14, 2013 Yutu is on the surface!Congrats china! You've finally done something the USA and USSR did in the 50's-70's!Well, at least they don't have to buy seats on Soyuz to actually get to space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lohan2008 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Designed to last 3 months ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
czokletmuss Posted December 14, 2013 Author Share Posted December 14, 2013 Huh, the reporter mentiond Chang'e 5 scheduled to launch in 2018 to bring samples from the Moon. I hope they will suceed with this as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astropapi1 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Well, at least they don't have to buy seats on Soyuz to actually get to space Feel the buuuuurn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadshot462 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Found this nice GIF of the rover deployment:Original source: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2013/12141328-six-wheels-on-soil-for-yutu.htmlCongrats China, so far looks like everything went well with this mission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tetryds Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Designed to last 3 months ?That means: "Expected and invested into to last at least 3 months flawlessly, it will likely last more, but any extra time is taken as a bonus". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
czokletmuss Posted December 14, 2013 Author 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartwo Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Meanwhile Nasa is struggling to stay funded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
czokletmuss Posted December 14, 2013 Author Share Posted December 14, 2013 Meanwhile Nasa is struggling to stay funded.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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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