Chinese robot mission lands on the dark side of the moon

Reece · 01-04-19, 07:15 AM

Jimbuna · 01-04-19, 08:26 AM

It'll take an awful lot of squinting of the eyes to see in the dark.

Platapus · 01-05-19, 11:07 AM

Congrats to the Chinese. That's quite the accomplishment. They also had to put a communications satellite in lunar orbit in order to relay data.

Buddahaid · 01-05-19, 01:20 PM

The farside is in the radio shadow of the earth and is the best place to put a radio telescope array. It even makes a great place for optical telescopes as the lack of atmosphere makes for a clearer and more stable environment than earth orbit. It's about time we get back to lunar development.

Dowly · 01-11-19, 05:52 AM

Platapus · 01-11-19, 03:11 PM

Looks pretty bright for the Dark Side of the moon

They must have had some powerful lights on that lander

u crank · 01-11-19, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

Looks pretty bright for the Dark Side of the moon

They must have had some powerful lights on that lander

Shhh..

It's the glow from that secret Nazi base up there.

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,808 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	It'll take an awful lot of squinting of the eyes to see in the dark. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,388 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Congrats to the Chinese. That's quite the accomplishment. They also had to put a communications satellite in lunar orbit in order to relay data. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,332 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	The farside is in the radio shadow of the earth and is the best place to put a radio telescope array. It even makes a great place for optical telescopes as the lack of atmosphere makes for a clearer and more stable environment than earth orbit. It's about time we get back to lunar development. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,388 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Looks pretty bright for the Dark Side of the moon They must have had some powerful lights on that lander __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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