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Teh One Who Knocks
01-03-2019, 11:37 AM
By Edmund DeMarche | Fox News


https://i.imgur.com/geLMJlC.png

China successfully landed a spacecraft on the far side of the moon Thursday, becoming the first country to ever land on the side of the moon that faces away from Earth, state news media said.

The official China Central Television said the lunar explorer Chang'e 4 had touched down at 10:26 a.m.

Zhu Menghua, a professor at Macau University of Science and Technology who worked with Beijing on the mission, said the mission’s success is a major milestone for the country and establishes it as a pioneer in space exploration.

"We Chinese people have done something that the Americans have not dared try," he said, according to The New York Times.

Goofy
01-03-2019, 01:40 PM
I wonder if theyve met the aliens yet :-k

Teh One Who Knocks
01-03-2019, 01:43 PM
I wonder if it actually made it :lol: I don't think if it failed the Chinese would admit it. :-k


"We Chinese people have done something that the Americans have not dared try"

:roll:

Muddy
01-03-2019, 01:45 PM
"We Chinese people have done something that the Americans have not dared try," he said, according to The New York Times.

Oh get the fuck out of here, you bunch of technology thieving bastards.. :roll: :lol:

KevinD
01-03-2019, 02:29 PM
Wait. If it's on the dark side, this the side opposite of the sun, where a the light and shadows in the pic coming from?

Teh One Who Knocks
01-03-2019, 02:35 PM
Wait. If it's on the dark side, this the side opposite of the sun, where a the light and shadows in the pic coming from?

Look at the caption :slap:

:lol:

Hal-9000
01-03-2019, 05:28 PM
Kev stole my post :lol:


They could of done it and used a stock pic of another landing :-k

KevinD
01-03-2019, 07:06 PM
Look at the caption :slap:

:lol:

I did. Just pretending to be an active member of above top secret dot com. Lol. I do actually (mostly) understand orbital dynamics.

Hal-9000
01-03-2019, 07:14 PM
It's a great claim because not many people can disprove it.

They could of screwed up the orbital perigee and dropped a piece of junk over there by mistake :lol:

Godfather
01-04-2019, 02:00 AM
Wait. If it's on the dark side, this the side opposite of the sun, where a the light and shadows in the pic coming from?

:lol: Solid troll

deebakes
01-05-2019, 01:47 AM
:wank:

Hal-9000
01-05-2019, 06:33 PM
Yeah but in an hour the moon is just going to want another spacecraft anyways...


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