Comments on: China to fly sample return mission to Moon https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/china-to-fly-sample-return-mission-to-moon/ Mon, 30 May 2016 21:02:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Andrew Jones https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/china-to-fly-sample-return-mission-to-moon/#comment-893256 Mon, 30 May 2016 21:02:59 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=39443#comment-893256 Robert: Very kind of you, sir.

]]> By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/china-to-fly-sample-return-mission-to-moon/#comment-893163 Mon, 30 May 2016 15:35:28 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=39443#comment-893163 In reply to Andrew Jones.

Andrew: Thank you for these details. I continue to find your reports on gbtimes informative and useful, so I especially appreciate any tips you can send me here at BtB.

]]> By: Andrew Jones https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/china-to-fly-sample-return-mission-to-moon/#comment-893114 Mon, 30 May 2016 12:29:24 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=39443#comment-893114 Sample return in late 2017, Chang’e-4 lander/rover to the far side in late 2018, and potential Chang’e-6 far side sample return in the early 2020s if both of those are successful. Officials with the Chinese Academy of Sciences have outlined plans for missions the lunar poles following these in the 2020s. The Moon is hot again, it seems.

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