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Read more at: China to land first moon probe: state mediaThis file photo shows a Long March 3C rocket blasting off from the launch centre in Xichang, China's southwestern province of Sichuan, in 2010. China will next year attempt to land an exploratory craft on the moon for the first time, state media reported, in the latest project in the country's ambitious space programme. China will next year attempt to land an exploratory craft on the moon for the first time, state media reported, in the latest project in the country's ambitious space programme. China's third lunar probe will blast off in the second half of 2013, the state Xinhua news agency reported late Monday. Other reports said it would land and transmit back a survey of the moon's surface. If successful, the landing would be China's first on the lunar surface and mark a new milestone in its space development. It is part of a project to orbit, land on and return from the moon, Xinhua said. China said in its last white paper on space it was working towards landing a man on the moon, although it has not given a time frame.
China to land first moon probe: state media
July 31, 2012
China to land first moon probe: state media
Read more at: China to land first moon probe: state mediaThis file photo shows a Long March 3C rocket blasting off from the launch centre in Xichang, China's southwestern province of Sichuan, in 2010. China will next year attempt to land an exploratory craft on the moon for the first time, state media reported, in the latest project in the country's ambitious space programme. China will next year attempt to land an exploratory craft on the moon for the first time, state media reported, in the latest project in the country's ambitious space programme. China's third lunar probe will blast off in the second half of 2013, the state Xinhua news agency reported late Monday. Other reports said it would land and transmit back a survey of the moon's surface. If successful, the landing would be China's first on the lunar surface and mark a new milestone in its space development. It is part of a project to orbit, land on and return from the moon, Xinhua said. China said in its last white paper on space it was working towards landing a man on the moon, although it has not given a time frame.
GO CHINA, GO RUSSIA, GO INDIA, WAHOOO!!!! All have plans to go to the moon.
43 years and 12 days since the United States landed men on the moon.China to land first moon probe: state media
July 31, 2012
China to land first moon probe: state media
Read more at: China to land first moon probe: state mediaThis file photo shows a Long March 3C rocket blasting off from the launch centre in Xichang, China's southwestern province of Sichuan, in 2010. China will next year attempt to land an exploratory craft on the moon for the first time, state media reported, in the latest project in the country's ambitious space programme. China will next year attempt to land an exploratory craft on the moon for the first time, state media reported, in the latest project in the country's ambitious space programme. China's third lunar probe will blast off in the second half of 2013, the state Xinhua news agency reported late Monday. Other reports said it would land and transmit back a survey of the moon's surface. If successful, the landing would be China's first on the lunar surface and mark a new milestone in its space development. It is part of a project to orbit, land on and return from the moon, Xinhua said. China said in its last white paper on space it was working towards landing a man on the moon, although it has not given a time frame.
GO CHINA, GO RUSSIA, GO INDIA, WAHOOO!!!! All have plans to go to the moon.
originally posted by daveman
43 years and 12 days since the united states landed men on the moon.
43 years and 12 days since the United States landed men on the moon.China to land first moon probe: state media
July 31, 2012
China to land first moon probe: state media
Read more at: China to land first moon probe: state mediaThis file photo shows a Long March 3C rocket blasting off from the launch centre in Xichang, China's southwestern province of Sichuan, in 2010. China will next year attempt to land an exploratory craft on the moon for the first time, state media reported, in the latest project in the country's ambitious space programme. China will next year attempt to land an exploratory craft on the moon for the first time, state media reported, in the latest project in the country's ambitious space programme. China's third lunar probe will blast off in the second half of 2013, the state Xinhua news agency reported late Monday. Other reports said it would land and transmit back a survey of the moon's surface. If successful, the landing would be China's first on the lunar surface and mark a new milestone in its space development. It is part of a project to orbit, land on and return from the moon, Xinhua said. China said in its last white paper on space it was working towards landing a man on the moon, although it has not given a time frame.
GO CHINA, GO RUSSIA, GO INDIA, WAHOOO!!!! All have plans to go to the moon.
43 years and 12 days since the United States landed men on the moon.China to land first moon probe: state media
July 31, 2012
China to land first moon probe: state media
Read more at: China to land first moon probe: state mediaThis file photo shows a Long March 3C rocket blasting off from the launch centre in Xichang, China's southwestern province of Sichuan, in 2010. China will next year attempt to land an exploratory craft on the moon for the first time, state media reported, in the latest project in the country's ambitious space programme. China will next year attempt to land an exploratory craft on the moon for the first time, state media reported, in the latest project in the country's ambitious space programme. China's third lunar probe will blast off in the second half of 2013, the state Xinhua news agency reported late Monday. Other reports said it would land and transmit back a survey of the moon's surface. If successful, the landing would be China's first on the lunar surface and mark a new milestone in its space development. It is part of a project to orbit, land on and return from the moon, Xinhua said. China said in its last white paper on space it was working towards landing a man on the moon, although it has not given a time frame.
GO CHINA, GO RUSSIA, GO INDIA, WAHOOO!!!! All have plans to go to the moon.
China returning humankind to the moon is exciting. I look forward to their success in this endeavor.
China returning humankind to the moon is exciting. I look forward to their success in this endeavor.
Imagine the logistical nightmare of outsourcing jobs to the Moon!!??
43 years and 12 days since the United States landed men on the moon.China to land first moon probe: state media
July 31, 2012
China to land first moon probe: state media
Read more at: China to land first moon probe: state media
GO CHINA, GO RUSSIA, GO INDIA, WAHOOO!!!! All have plans to go to the moon.
We gave it up and didn't develop the resources as any intelligent nation would of. Now countries like China and Russia are going to take that next step. Who cares if we had a photo op 43 years ago. LOL.
Knowing China they will be mining it within 15 years. Once that occurs we will be number two within a few years.
Nasa is past landing on the Moon, deep space exploration is next on NASA's list of things to do. NASA wants to go to Mars and it's moons.
While China aim is at the resources; remember the moon is made up of what the earth was 4 billion years ago. Mars isn't even economical or repeatable without building a ship of decent size in space. The moon is our chance to build such with its resources and low gravity...
Nasa is past landing on the Moon, deep space exploration is next on NASA's list of things to do. NASA wants to go to Mars and it's moons.
For another one time photo op. LOL
43 years and 12 days since the United States landed men on the moon.
We gave it up and didn't develop the resources as any intelligent nation would of. Now countries like China and Russia are going to take that next step. Who cares if we had a photo op 43 years ago. LOL.
Knowing China they will be mining it within 15 years. Once that occurs we will be number two within a few years.
What resources is that?
Titanium On The Moon: Resources To Spark New Space Race? | HULIQTitanium has been discovered on the moon in abundance. Since it is a rare element on Earth, lighter and more durable than steel, could the demand for it possibly spark a renewed interest in getting to and even establishing bases on the moon?
Some insist that there should be a reason -- or several reasons -- to spend millions upon millions of dollars to send men to the moon other than to simply explore, plant a flag, and claim that it had been done. According to AFP, findings from data captured by the US Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and presented at an international conference in Nantes, France, may have presented governments good reason to fund further space exploration and lunar trips: Titanium.
Titanium, which is stronger and lighter than steel, making it a more desirable -- and more expensive -- construction metal, has been discovered in abundance on the moon. Using data gathered from moon rocks brought back by Apollo 17 in 1972, scientists knew what to look for on the lunar surface. By scanning the moon's surface in seven different wavelengths, the Orbiter was able to send back data that was poured over in search of variations from ultra-violet to visible light. Such jumps in the data allowed scientists to see a colorful picture of the moon, red in some places, blue in others.
“Although subtle, these colour variations tell us important things about the chemistry and evolution of the lunar surface," Mark Robinson of Arizona State University explained. He, along with Brett Denevi of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, presented the results of their work sifting through the data gathered by the Orbiter. "They indicate the titanium and iron abundance, as well as the maturity of a lunar soil.”
Titanium is rare on Earth, which makes it even more expensive given the demand for it.
The find undoubtedly generates hope of obtaining funding for further expeditions to the moon, especially for NASA, whose manned space exploratory program has been put on hold due to economic conditions and the grounding of space shuttle fleet, which saw its last mission in July. Coupled with the discovery of water in the form of ice on the lunar surface in 2009, the viability of space stations and/or lunar bases on the moon became more than just a far-off dream hampered by the logistics of supplying water to those manning the outposts. Finding a resource much in demand on Earth -- and apparently in abundance on the moon -- might have provided economic incentive as well.
Robinson noted: “Future miners living and working on the Moon could break down ilmenite" -- the compound made up of titanium, iron, and oxygen within which titanium is generally found -- "to liberate these elements."
“In addition," he said, "Apollo data shows that titanium-rich minerals are more efficient at retaining particles from the solar wind, such as helium and hydrogen. These gases would also provide a vital resource for future human inhabitants of lunar colonies.”
Helium, it was announced last year, is a non-renewable gas that is fast reaching a point of depletion on Earth where it will soon become virtually nonexistent.
Sending astronauts to the moon for bragging rights may be a thing of the past and a more practical approach to extending America's reach further out into the Solar System might be necessary to justify expenditures of the kind space exploration demands. In that regard, presenting exploration as an adjunct of operations -- such as mining -- geared toward economic gain, industrial advancement, and/or of benefit to Earth (or America) in some way could be what reenergizes the now dormant American manned space program.
Like the lure of gold brought miners to California and Alaska and silver brought them to Nevada, titanium could see competing mining expeditions headed to the moon. Corporations as well as nations might entertain the idea of staking claims and setting up mining operations. Where the sense of wonder and exploring for exploring's sake might not work, the demand for an element so rare and durable just might be what sparks a new space race.
Nasa is past landing on the Moon, deep space exploration is next on NASA's list of things to do. NASA wants to go to Mars and it's moons.
For another one time photo op. LOL
Nasa is past landing on the Moon, deep space exploration is next on NASA's list of things to do. NASA wants to go to Mars and it's moons.
For another one time photo op. LOL
Not to mention a low gravity launching port for deep space exploration. I doubt the Chinese see it as a photo-op, but instead as a long-term investment. It is one big satelite constantly hovering in a watch position over earth. I am sure they are thinking along those lines.
Nasa is past landing on the Moon, deep space exploration is next on NASA's list of things to do. NASA wants to go to Mars and it's moons.
For another one time photo op. LOL
Not to mention a low gravity launching port for deep space exploration. I doubt the Chinese see it as a photo-op, but instead as a long-term investment. It is one big satelite constantly hovering in a watch position over earth. I am sure they are thinking along those lines.
NASA - NASA Announces Design for New Deep Space Exploration SystemNASA Announces Design for New Deep Space Exploration System09.14.11 NASA is ready to move forward with the development of the Space Launch System -- an advanced heavy-lift launch vehicle that will provide an entirely new national capability for human exploration beyond Earth's orbit. The Space Launch System will give the nation a safe, affordable and sustainable means of reaching beyond our current limits and opening up new discoveries from the unique vantage point of space.
SLS fun facts The Space Launch System, or SLS, will be designed to carry the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, as well as important cargo, equipment and science experiments to Earth's orbit and destinations beyond. Additionally, the SLS will serve as a back up for commercial and international partner transportation services to the International Space Station.
"This launch system will create good-paying American jobs, ensure continued U.S. leadership in space, and inspire millions around the world," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said. "President Obama challenged us to be bold and dream big, and that's exactly what we are doing at NASA. While I was proud to fly on the space shuttle, tomorrow's explorers will now dream of one day walking on Mars."
The Space Launch System will be NASA's first exploration-class vehicle since the Saturn V took American astronauts to the moon over 40 years ago. With its superior lift capability, the SLS will expand our reach in the solar system and allow us to explore cis-lunar space, near-Earth asteroids, Mars and its moons and beyond. We will learn more about how the solar system formed, where Earth's water and organics originated and how life might be sustained in places far from our Earth's atmosphere and expand the boundaries of human exploration. These discoveries will change the way we understand ourselves, our planet, and its place in the universe.
Nasa is past landing on the Moon, deep space exploration is next on NASA's list of things to do. NASA wants to go to Mars and it's moons.
For another one time photo op. LOL
What resources are availavble on the Moon?
big enough to be economical and profitable.
For another one time photo op. LOL
What resources are availavble on the Moon?
"They indicate the titanium and iron abundance, as well as the maturity of a lunar soil.
Titanium On The Moon: Resources To Spark New Space Race? | HULIQ
Plus it is known for a fact now that there is plenty of water...We didn't know that in the 1970's.
I'll admit that a Asteroid for resources is far far more juicy object, but you need more than a orbiter from Russia to get there.
We're going to want something that can carry back tens of thousands of tons of material.
