Yutu-2 and Chang’e-4 complete 17th lunar day on Moon
According to China’s state-run propaganda news agency, Yutu-2 and Chang’e-4 have successfully completed their 17th lunar day on the far side of the Moon, and have been put into sleep mode for the coming long lunar night.
Yutu-2 apparently traveled another 23 meters (about 75 feet) to the northwest.
Other than that single tidbit, the news report is nothing more than garbage Chinese propaganda, some of which is merely cut and pasted from earlier reports.
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According to China’s state-run propaganda news agency, Yutu-2 and Chang’e-4 have successfully completed their 17th lunar day on the far side of the Moon, and have been put into sleep mode for the coming long lunar night.
Yutu-2 apparently traveled another 23 meters (about 75 feet) to the northwest.
Other than that single tidbit, the news report is nothing more than garbage Chinese propaganda, some of which is merely cut and pasted from earlier reports.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
This stay on the Moon is an excellent demonstration of the ability to function for an extended time in a harsh environment, such as Mars. The challenge of operating out of direct radio line of sight is also relevant experience for Mars.
Slightly OT, but I have been unable to find any current info on Long March 5b launch plans. Isn’t the next launch attempt coming up soon?
Ray Van Dune: I posted on the Long March 5B launch schedule yesterday. See: Long March 5B moved to launchpad
Thanks, I had seen that on LM5b, but forgot where! Is there a site you can recommend that covers Chinese launches in depth? I am thinking about a possible connection between the -5b and COVID-19 that I won’t mention yet, but who knows, maybe later?