China's Chang'E 2 Succeeds In Thrilling Asteroid Flyby 88
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from the getting-a-good-look dept.
from the getting-a-good-look dept.
Zothecula writes "China has now joined the very select group of countries to have succeeded in carrying out an interplanetary probe mission. According to reports from China's official news agency Xinhua, the Chang'E 2 probe passed a mere 3.2 km (2 miles) from the near-Earth asteroid Toutatis at 8:30:09 GMT on December 13, making it the closest asteroid flyby to date ... and resulting in some remarkable photographs."
Re:All hail our new Chinese overlords (Score:3, Insightful)
This was done better and cheaper than the USA could have accomplished.
Don't forget, this is the Chinese with a history of faking scientific discoveries and other things.
When it's independently verified, then I'll believe it.
Artist's conception of an angry starfish (Score:3, Insightful)
Another damned link that talks about photos, MOTHER FUCKER THEY'RE AMAZING PHOTOS!!!!, and then doesn't provide them.
It does provide an artist's conception...of the spacecraft.
Re:oddness (Score:3, Insightful)
I dare you to produce a list of things around you, cool or otherwise, that do not contain something made in China.
in the other news... (Score:4, Insightful)
Slashdot editors' memory is getting really short. This is essentially the same story already post just two days ago! And nothing new in this one.