China to land first moon probe: state media

[José]

Originally posted by daveman
That's not the German flag, Skippy.

Germany's accumulated knowledge on rocket science as well as the continued work of german rocket scientists in the US and the Soviet Union are behind each and every "Soviet"/""American" achievement in the Space Race:

1 - Sputnik

2 - Laika

3 - Gagarin

4 - moon

you name it.

Without their know-how, the Soviet Union/Russia and America would probably still be trying to put a satellite into space.

Yet, the crucial role played by Germany and its citizens in the space race is conveniently swept under the carpet by the flag waving crowd in BOTH countries.

 

[daveman]

Originally posted by daveman
That's not the German flag, Skippy.

Germany's accumulated knowledge on rocket science as well as the continued work of german rocket scientists in the US and the Soviet Union are behind each and every "Soviet"/""American" achievement in the Space Race:

1 - Sputnik

2 - Laika

3 - Gagarin

4 - moon

you name it.

Without their know-how, the Soviet Union/Russia and America would probably still be trying to put a satellite into space.

Yet, the crucial role played by Germany and its citizens in the space race is conveniently swept under the carpet by the flag waving crowd in BOTH countries.

Tissue?

 

[ScienceRocks]

China sending lander and rover to the Moon next year

China sending lander and rover to the Moon next year | DVICE

You've got to give credit to China: when it decides to do something, it really pulls out all the stops. Just a month after throwing house party for its brand new space station, China has announced that it's planning to send a lander and a rover to the Moon by the end of next year.

The last time our Moon got any action (barring a few violent exceptions) was when the Apollo 17 astronauts did a bunch of exploring there back in 1972.* For the last 40 years we've been bypassing our closest planetary neighbor for arguably more exciting destinations like Mars, but traditionally, exploring the Moon is one of those merit badges any fledgling space program needs to fulfill before setting its sights farther out. The U.S. went there in person, the Soviets sent a few autonomous bathtubs, and now it's China's turn.

The Chang'e 3 lunar lander will be carrying a rover along with it. The 260-pound, six-wheeled autonomous vehicle will have room for 44 pounds of payload, including a video camera that can stream footage back to Earth in real-time. Solar cells and a radioisotope thermal electric generator will allow the rover to operate for three months (straight through lunar night), and a nice telescope will turn the rover into the world's first lunar-based astronomical observatory.

China is planning to launch the Chang'e 3 mission in the second half of 2013, but this is by no means the end goal for its lunar program: by 2016 or 2017, China will be ready to attempt a much more complex lunar return mission, potentially with a manned mission to follow.

 

[uscitizen]

China to land first moon probe: state media

July 31, 2012
China to land first moon probe: state media

This 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.

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GO CHINA, GO RUSSIA, GO INDIA, WAHOOO!!!! All have plans to go to the moon.

Hey, what about a GO USA?
We do still have a space agency and what could be a more critical mission for any space agency than Muslim outreach?

Our space agency has been outsurced to death.

 

[whitehall]

Thank you comrade Clinton. When Congress questioned Clinton's decision to reward a big contributor with a contract for Chinese Satellite technology the slickster side stepped congress and used the good old democrat controlled commerce dept to get the OK for Loral to outsource secret US ICBM technology to China.