China says its spacecraft lands on Moon's far side

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

China says its spacecraft lands on Moon's far side

2 June 2024

Georgina Rannard,
Laura Bicker

China says its uncrewed craft has successfully landed on the far side of the Moon - an unexplored place almost no-one tries to go.

The Chang'e 6 touched down in the South Pole-Aitken Basin at 06:23 Beijing time on Sunday morning (22:23 GMT Saturday), the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said.

Launched on 3 May, the mission aims to collect precious rock and soil from this region for the first time in history.

The probe could extract some of the Moon's oldest rocks from a huge crater on its South Pole.

The landing was fraught with risks, ...

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[Irish_Dem]

1. China will insist this gives them total rights to the far side of the moon.

This is their purpose in the landing.

They will claim the property and mineral rights to half the moon.

And they are showboating for the Chinese public to take away from the failed economy.

[GreenWave]

2. The far side gets pelted by space debris more than the near side.

And we can always protest "uncrewed"

[Irish_Dem]

3. China does not care. It is highly symbolic to them.

We can protest all we want.
Like we are doing with Taiwan and the South China Sea.

China will take what it wants on its road to super power status.