Here’s the problem with space exploration programs and democracies: A space agency comes up with a great scheme to send an orbiter to the moon. It may even find a way to do it cheaply. Then someone comes along and... ...full story at Tim Johnson
from Tim Johnson on Wed, Oct 31 2007
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China launches lunar orbiter »
YouTube video China has launched its first lunar orbiter, on a planned year-long exploration mission to the Moon. |
| 25 Oct 07 |
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China: Reporting Moon Orbiter » Global Voices Rose Lu from my1510 compares the various arrangement for reporting on China space travel (zh). Yesterday, most of the reporters managed to witness the Chang'e-1, the first China's moon orbiter, blasting out to the space, even though they have to... |
| 20 Nov 07 |
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Chang'e I begins its exploration work » People's Daily Chang'e I, China's first lunar orbiter, officially began exploring the moon yesterday evening, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said. Its sensing equipment was due to become operational after the orbiter oriented its solar ... |
| 24 Oct 07 |
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China's first moon orbiter Chang'e I » People's Daily China, hoping to become the 17th nation to join the International Space Station (ISS) project, plans to launch its first moon orbiter around 6:00 p.m. Wednesday. The circumlunar satellite, which has been named Chang'e I after a myth ... |
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Over the moon with mapping plans » Shanghai Daily CHINA will map its own lunar globe soon, using pictures and data collected by its own moon orbiter, an official in charge of the country's moon exploration mission said yesterday. "I believe that China will soon come up with a full map of the moon,"... |
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China's first moon orbiter likely to be invisible to amateur astronomers » People's Daily The chance for amateur astronomy buffs to observe China's first moon orbiter, likely to be launched on Wednesday, is very slim, Chinese space experts said on Tuesday. The circumlunar satellite, named Chang'e I, is very tiny in open ... |
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