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(13,902 posts) Mon Jan 27, 2014, 09:16 AM Jan 2014

China's Lunar Rover Has Mechanical Trouble [View all]

Source: ABC News

China says its first lunar rover is experiencing mechanical problems, a rare setback for its burgeoning space program that in recent years has conducted space walks and placed a space station in orbit........

News of the rover's troubles were splashed across newspapers on Monday and even featured at the Foreign Ministry's daily briefing, with spokesman Qin Gang expressing hope that Yutu could "return to normal."

The mechanical problems appeared to be related to the solar-powered probe's process for shutting down for the lunar night, which lasts more than two weeks. The temperature during that time drops to minus 180 degrees Celsius (minus 292 degrees Fahrenheit).

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/chinas-lunar-rover-mechanical-trouble-22161289

Do I even need to add any 'made in China' comments?

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China's Lunar Rover Has Mechanical Trouble [View all] groundloop Jan 2014 OP

Even when it is sent to the moon, it is still cheap Chinese shit. liberal N proud Jan 2014 #1

Funny but when I was a kid, 'Made in Japan' meant cheap, likely to break crap. denverbill Jan 2014 #13

I'll put our ford focus up against any thing the Japanese has to off for the same price madokie Jan 2014 #51

He mentioned the 80s FrodosPet Jan 2014 #57

I owned a 1977 Vega. One of the crappiest cars ever built. denverbill Jan 2014 #63

Yes a friend of our has a Cruze madokie Jan 2014 #64

Yes the 41mpg highway they advertised sold me. denverbill Jan 2014 #65

As you should be because the Cruze is an awesome automobile madokie Jan 2014 #67

Now, if you're looking for computer parts, sofa king Jan 2014 #59

That statement is both racist AND ahistorical friendly_iconoclast Jan 2014 #32

No, it isn't racist seabeckind Jan 2014 #36

Yes, it is- you forget that our space program had problems with the first planetary probes friendly_iconoclast Jan 2014 #43

Ditto. mainer Jan 2014 #45

I didn't say it but I agreed. seabeckind Jan 2014 #50

We see mostly the crap, because that's what sells friendly_iconoclast Jan 2014 #56

Not racist in the slightest. NutmegYankee Jan 2014 #46

After you have to pack up you job of 30 years to send it China so it can be made cheaper and not ... liberal N proud Jan 2014 #54

Nationalism trumps science... for idiots. LanternWaste Jan 2014 #53

I'm sure.... DeSwiss Jan 2014 #2

Kudos to the Chinese ramapo Jan 2014 #3

Just stop with that "the United States has floundered in just about every area" malarkey psychopomp Jan 2014 #5

Thank you. And I live in CA -- we get their old smog. They zonkers Jan 2014 #66

China has world-class technology? Stolen from who? Ikonoklast Jan 2014 #7

+1 warrant46 Jan 2014 #22

dark ages? Really? LOL snooper2 Jan 2014 #11

The Soviets put a remotely-driven lunar rover on the moon in the 70s. Codeine Jan 2014 #44

the Chinese government sabbat hunter Jan 2014 #55

The solar panel is folded over the deck like a lid, insulating the interior ... bananas Jan 2014 #4

Is that last paragraph in code? another_liberal Jan 2014 #24

Probably translated from Chinese? House of Roberts Jan 2014 #27

I knew this would happen just based on Chinese kitchen timer technology. tridim Jan 2014 #6

Toasters. seabeckind Jan 2014 #10

LOL!!! Plucketeer Jan 2014 #15

I just had the worst toaster experience. Codeine Jan 2014 #47

WE gave them the technology -wich was stupid- but do not discount the Chinese Boxerfan Jan 2014 #8

Didn't "give" anything seabeckind Jan 2014 #9

So very true...but consumers share the blame. Psephos Jan 2014 #26

Yep, that's what the outsourcers said. seabeckind Jan 2014 #29

My own eyes don't lie. Psephos Jan 2014 #31

A Fascist Dictatorship warrant46 Jan 2014 #23

Actually I think their equivalent of your NSA borrowed it at the time. dipsydoodle Jan 2014 #61

Dim sun Ezlivin Jan 2014 #12

That's too bad. Yo_Mama Jan 2014 #14

Not designed to be fixed. seabeckind Jan 2014 #18

Ancient Chinese proverb say Yo_Mama Jan 2014 #38

+1 jsr Jan 2014 #41

Consider how many missteps the US space program has had. mainer Jan 2014 #16

Nobody says it's a trick. seabeckind Jan 2014 #17

Wow, having been to China and seen their airports and modern cities mainer Jan 2014 #19

Nice strawman seabeckind Jan 2014 #20

so your crack about it going astray from the Walmart truck mainer Jan 2014 #25

Didn't say that either. seabeckind Jan 2014 #28

There's a lot of not-very-well-hidden racism in this thread friendly_iconoclast Jan 2014 #33

remember all those rockets blowing up in the early US years? mainer Jan 2014 #34

Bashing China doesn't equate to racism though... penultimate Jan 2014 #62

Indeed. Some of the most brilliant engineers I've worked with have been Chinese nationals. Xithras Jan 2014 #58

You gotta love the name. another_liberal Jan 2014 #21

Probably Should Have Purchased Some Warranty at Checkout.... bkanderson76 Jan 2014 #30

Americans are always two decades behind reality mainer Jan 2014 #35

Totally irrelevant seabeckind Jan 2014 #40

Your 7 yo grandson uses an iPhone. So? mainer Jan 2014 #42

Irrelevant to the discussion seabeckind Jan 2014 #48

Made in China. Jesus Malverde Jan 2014 #37

Exactly. seabeckind Jan 2014 #39

This is so sad SorellaLaBefana Jan 2014 #49

So true. seabeckind Jan 2014 #52

That's too bad... You know, guys, not everything has to be a reason to bash China or the US penultimate Jan 2014 #60