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  1. simple mind

    simple mind DI Forum Patron

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    I was waiting for this a looooong time, finally we will know if the moon landing was made in Hollywood or if the Americans were really there and left all the stuff...

    From the article: "...and the first such landing by any country since 1976, when the Soviet Union sent a probe..."
    "In a CCTV.com interview, Ouyang Ziyuan, a senior advisor of China’s lunar probe project, said the lander will hover above the moon at about 330 feet (100 meters)."
    “Then using special cameras it will look for a flat place to land on. Then when it’s about 4 meters above ground, its engine will stop,” Ouyang said. “The lander’s four legs are shockproof and will ensure a soft landing.”

    China Launches Moon Rover Mission - China Digital Times (CDT)
     
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    Suppose they will say the moon is Chinese sovereignty now, so back off.
     
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    The WHOLE thing is made in China.......lets wait and see if it will make it there first :smile:
     
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    I had a joke that I would bring up by occasion in the 90", "When the scientists would finally get to the smallest thing in the Universe, they would find that it's stamped "Made in Japan""

    I am pretty confident that they will make it, it's in a way an European effort as well as Germany and some other countries are helping tracking the probe...
     
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    What makes you think the Chinese would rat out the US if they found out the US hadn't actually landed there? Nothing to be gained other than a headache in foreign relations.
     
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    AS the moon got a surface area almost as big as Asia, I would be surprised if they on a fly over see any traces of previous missions anyway.
    Well, that could be something to report. "We saw no traces of previous moon missions".
     
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    The lunar laser ranging experiment is pretty good evidence someone was there. If you have a strong enough laser you can send it to the moon, have it reflect off a really expensive mirror made by the government and then see it come back about 4 seconds later. That's pretty good proof they were there....at least for me. Chinese input not necessary. (other than providing the laser at a discounted price) :wink:
     
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    Yes a machine was there BUT what about people ?

    I,m a nay sayer lol lets look at inventions from 1969 my fav a drip coffee maker
     
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    Folgers
    View attachment 9802

    vs.

    Boeing
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    Yep, I see the logic with the technology argument.
     

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    I don't need to take a side yet, I will just wait for the proof, and if it was a fake, one can be sure that the Chinese will have a feast, the way the US and Japan are ignoring their newly established air space boundary will surely be enough tinder to ignite a nice firework...

    "denpet" Maybe you missed this one "the lander will hover above the moon at about 330 feet (100 meters)", I don't know how far away the Apollo landing site is but I am sure that their cameras are very good...
     
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