China Lands On The Moon

Vomit

http://news.discovery.com/space/china-lands-rover-on-the-moon-131214.htm#mkcpgn=fbsci1

Funny, I haven't seen any reports on this on the news over here. Why not?

Marcus Halberstram

Ah the Chinese...a great bunch of lads.

Agricola

Vomit wrote: »

http://news.discovery.com/space/china-lands-rover-on-the-moon-131214.htm#mkcpgn=fbsci1

Funny, I haven't seen any reports on this on the news over here. Why not?

You're living on the moon yourself maybe? It was all over the news yesterday.

keeponhurling

Moon landings are old news

Frank Black

Great bunch of astronauts.

Wabbit Ears

I cant wait for the chinese to go 'we went to the moon, absolutely nothing there, 'Murica lied'

Vomit

Agricola wrote: »

You're living on the moon yourself maybe? It was all over the news yesterday.

All over the news? I don't think so. Sure it didn't even have a thread on AH until now! :pac:

cantdecide

Did anyone else envisage a giant throwing plates and cups at the moon?

iDave

China on the Moon, India going to Mars. At least when we send people to these places there will be take-aways.

Duggy747

Free moon-pies with every order over 400 quatloos

Vomit

iDave wrote: »

China on the Moon, India going to Mars. At least when we send people to these places there will be take-aways.

Who's 'we'? Ireland will never ever send anyone to these places. We can't even sustain our own economy.

Specialun

cost a fortune on petrol that would

SEPT 23 1989

37 years

looksee

cantdecide wrote: »

Did anyone else envisage a giant throwing plates and cups at the moon?

No, I imagined a huge hole in the sea where the landmass had been.

19543261

Vomit wrote: »

http://news.discovery.com/space/china-lands-rover-on-the-moon-131214.htm#mkcpgn=fbsci1

Funny, I haven't seen any reports on this on the news over here. Why not?

There's plenty of significant news that isnt reported on on a daily basis. How could everything possibly be covered?

They choose what's important and what's not.

Remember that next time you're watching or listening to some absolute ****e - they thought it was more worthwhile than actual news.

Donkey Oaty

Moon lands in China! :eek:

http://thediplomat.com/2013/06/un-chief-ban-ki-moon-arrives-in-china/

wretcheddomain

China lands on the moon? I just hope it was of the art deco variety.

Or does it mean the country of China shifted itself and flew up to the moon?

Me baffled. Leaves thread unconvinced and disheartened...

iDave

Vomit wrote: »

Who's 'we'? Ireland will never ever send anyone to these places. We can't even sustain our own economy.

I was referring to humanity as a whole

Mr.David

iDave wrote: »

China on the Moon, India going to Mars. At least when we send people to these places there will be take-aways.

Thats just Wong man

laugh

Vomit wrote: »

Who's 'we'? Ireland will never ever send anyone to these places. We can't even sustain our own economy.

Perhaps he meant Caucasians.

CrinkElite

The Chinese are making a home for themselves in space.

Definitely a major sign of shifting (or already shifted) global power.

I watched this the other night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRf6Lns_rY4

It's a little dry as the talk focuses mainly on the minor alterations the Chinese made to the Russian space suit for their first EVA in 2008.
(the video title is less than accurate)

The speaker (NASA engineer) makes no secret of his dismay at the dwindling efforts of the US in comparison with China's rapid and sustained progress.

The video seems to have been made sometime in 2009/2010, at that time China was launching a rocket every 40 days.

It seems that responsibility for the evolution of the human race now lies with that great bunch of lads.

In other news. Iran brought home another monkey from orbit.
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/iran-brings-monkey-back-safely-from-space-report-20131216-2zg08.html

housetypeb

Vomit wrote: »

http://news.discovery.com/space/china-lands-rover-on-the-moon-131214.htm#mkcpgn=fbsci1

Funny, I haven't seen any reports on this on the news over here. Why not?

I wondered about that myself,I know there's a rover on Mars that steals its thunder a bit,but still it's a big achievement on its own merits,not just for China but in a larger sense for mankind too.

chughes

I see the name of the Chinese moon rover is the Jade Rabbit.

I wonder was Ann Summers involved in its design. I hope it doesn't vibrate too much or the pictures will be blurred.

kumate_champ07

Vomit wrote: »

Who's 'we'? Ireland will never ever send anyone to these places. We can't even sustain our own economy.

have you ever seen poverty in Ireland as you will find in many places in India? Ireland is too small a country anyway to have its own space program, we are better suited to scientific lab research and are good at that

The Rad Runner

So they figured out how to build a swanky movie set too :rolleyes:

LordSutch

With the American moon rover parked up there since the 70s at least the Chinese won't have to take a moon rover with them on the manned mission. The payload for the manned mission will be so much lighter, and I guess all they will need to kick-start the US car will be a new battery pack and a spare ignition key? Also, the moon will be a major attraction for Bransons craft for once a take away is established on the surface.

Capt'n Midnight

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

have you ever seen poverty in Ireland as you will find in many places in India? Ireland is too small a country anyway to have its own space program, we are better suited to scientific lab research and are good at that

http://www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/Research-Innovation/Companies/Access-EU-Research-Innovation-reports/European-Space-Agency-.html

Download the National Strategy for European Space agency participation [pdf]
Download Ireland's Space Industry Capabilities Directory 2010 [pdf] - this outlines the space related
capabilities of a number of Irish companies active in the space programme.

A growing number of Irish companies are becoming active in the European space programme, with a strong focus on technology innovation.

Download Ireland's Space Endeavours - The Impact of Irish Research and Innovation in Space Technologies [pdf]

CrowdedHouse

Plans are already under way......

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dunken69/4189114344/in/photostream/

Spring Onion

Fair play to you China!! Well done Sirs!!

I love the moon!!!

moc moc a moc

Vomit wrote: »

Funny, I haven't seen any reports on this on the news over here. Why not?

Because it's not the 1960s.

Archeron

Is that Iranian monkey holding a pizza box? They sent a monkey into space for a pizza? There is pizza in space?

Lone Stone

In the larger scheme of things it will matter litter, as today i read that our existance is just a projection from some other dimension thingy ! ma jiggy.

Cookie_Monster

Vomit wrote: »

Who's 'we'? Ireland will never ever send anyone to these places. We can't even sustain our own economy.

we contribute 15m a year to the ESA...

catallus

I for one now believe that we should invest heavily in anti moon things. Because of like, Tibet and shít? Now that everything is ok in iraq and syria, like? The chinese could attack us from like space?

kowloon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZIgda01k6o

B.A._Baracus

I wonder if Chinese tv will start giving the americans the rub about fake moon landings. You know, the usual "we are the superior nation" crap. We really did it, they didnt etc.

But actually, that is funny when you think about it. The United States went to the moon in 1969 with the processing power of a calculator. Yet in 2013, the technological golden age, China (being one of the vast super powers of the world) sent a robot. I'm sure there are jokes being made by 'merican patriots already. But how come they sent a robot?

Bet the conspiracy nuts are having a field day too :pac:

Sleepy

Wouldn't it be great if this was the start of a new space race?

darkpagandeath

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

I wonder if Chinese tv will start giving the americans the rub about fake moon landings. You know, the usual "we are the superior nation" crap. We really did it, they didnt etc.

But actually, that is funny when you think about it. The United States went to the moon in 1969 with the processing power of a calculator. Yet in 2013, the technological golden age, China (being one of the vast super powers of the world) sent a robot. I'm sure there are jokes being made by 'merican patriots already. But how come they sent a robot?

Bet the conspiracy nuts are having a field day too :pac:

I think going to the moon works out cheaper than paying the entire staff of NASA to keep there mouth shut about filming it on some set...

Mint Sauce

LordSutch wrote: »

With the American moon rover parked up there since the 70s at least the Chinese won't have to take a moon rover with them on the manned mission. The payload for the manned mission will be so much lighter, and I guess all they will need to kick-start the US car will be a new battery pack and a spare ignition key? Also, the moon will be a major attraction for Bransons craft for once a take away is established on the surface.

Lets hope they left it in gear, the hand brake lines will probably be totally seized up by now.

Sleepy

Mint Sauce wrote: »

Lets hope they left it in gear, the hand brake lines will probably be totally seized up by now.

Would they? It is stored in a vacuum after all?

catallus

darkpagandeath wrote: »

I think going to the moon works out cheaper than paying the entire staff of NASA to keep there mouth shut about filming it on some set...

But they only had to pay the actors and crew! And then they just got actors to say they are NASA employees!

Mint Sauce

Sleepy wrote: »

Would they? It is stored in a vacuum after all?

Jeuz, them Hollywood producers really go to some lengths to protect their props.

darkpagandeath

catallus wrote: »

But they only had to pay the actors and crew! And then they just got actors to say they are NASA employees!

I seem to recall that they were in some kind of competition with the Soviets Would they not scream bloody murder about it being faked if there was even a sniff of it :P

catallus

Sure the Soviets faked all their stuff too. Come on, Uri Gagarin was a well known actor in Poland before he "became a Cosmonaut", wasn't he?

hansfrei

LordSutch wrote: »

With the American moon rover parked up there since the 70s at least the Chinese won't have to take a moon rover with them on the manned mission. The payload for the manned mission will be so much lighter, and I guess all they will need to kick-start the US car will be a new battery pack and a spare ignition key? Also, the moon will be a major attraction for Bransons craft for once a take away is established on the surface.

Its parked in a no-fly zone. Which everyone else, cant enter.

I'm sure space travel to the moon will be made cheap and easy before I'm too long dead. Buy your place on thd moon now. Before the bubble.

Chris Ryan

Vomit wrote: »

Who's 'we'? Ireland will never ever send anyone to these places. We can't even sustain our own economy.

Aren't you a barrel of laughs?

RobbingBandit

Didn't American Law once dictate that if you planted a flag somewhere that place became yours by right. Sneaky China men stealing the moon like this.

catallus

Chris Ryan wrote: »

Aren't you a barrel of laughs?

He's probably right, this is probably how it would work here:

http://dilbert.com/dyn/str_strip/000000000/00000000/0000000/000000/00000/0000/500/593/593.strip.sunday.gif

Cookie_Monster

catallus wrote: »

But they only had to pay the actors and crew! And then they just got actors to say they are NASA employees!

catallus wrote: »

Sure the Soviets faked all their stuff too. Come on, Uri Gagarin was a well known actor in Poland before he "became a Cosmonaut", wasn't he?

how do they fake it when you look through a telescope and are able to see man made stuff left there?

catallus

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

how do they fake it when you look through a telescope and are able to see man made stuff left there?

Duh, the telescopes are man-made too???? Logic, like?

Vomit

Chris Ryan wrote: »

Aren't you a barrel of laughs?

Sure I am - I just don't find racist racial jokes funny