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China's Nuclear Rover Will Sample the Moon

Posted by timothy on from the space-cheese-is-worth-it dept.

HansonMB writes "After launching on one of the nation's Long March rockets and a three-day transit, Chang'E 3 will reach the Moon and enter into a 62 mile orbit. Once settled, the 2,645 pound lander will separate from the roughly 8,200 pound spacecraft and descend into a highly elliptical orbit 62 by 9.5 miles above the surface." Russia wants a taste, too, and plans a moon-sampling mission set for 2015.

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  1. aha by qwidjib0 · · Score: 1, Interesting

    >>> After launching on one of the nation's Long March rockets and a three-day transit, Chang'E 3 will reach the Moon and enter into a 62 mile orbit. ...or it will make a fantastic explosion someplace in China. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq9iYyBYJMI

  2. Re:Days of humans in space coming to an end? by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If you weren't there you wouldn't need to open the pod bay door in the first place!

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    Ezekiel 23:20