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Related: About this forumDark Side of the Moon Landing (China)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=79&v=2jtOYQ-Wm8MFar side of the moon: China's Chang'e 4 probe makes historic touchdown
A Chinese spacecraft has become the first ever to land on the far side of the moon, according to state-run media, in a giant leap for human space exploration.
The China National Space Administration (CNSA) landed the robotic probe Change 4 in the unexplored South Pole-Aitken basin, the largest, oldest, deepest, crater on the moons surface.
The China National Space Administration (CNSA) landed the robotic probe Change 4 in the unexplored South Pole-Aitken basin, the largest, oldest, deepest, crater on the moons surface.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jan/03/china-probe-change-4-land-far-side-moon-basin-crater
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Dark Side of the Moon Landing (China) (Original Post)
Equinox Moon
Jan 2019
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tomhagen
(3,604 posts)1. We could be landing on Moon or Mars; but we choose to wast 50 Billion for a Useless wall.
aka-chmeee
(1,226 posts)2. I fail to understand all the hype here.
All the other activities in recent space exploration are so much more impressive than this one, probably accomplished using borrowed, public domain and stolen tech.
Ptah
(34,121 posts)3. Every 'side' of the Moon is dark every month.