China's 2024 Moon Probe Will Carry European Equipment

Hmmmmmm writes: China plans to launch its next robot lunar lander in 2024, and it will carry equipment manufactured by scientists from France, Sweden, Italy, and Russia, Hu Hao, the program's chief designer, told the Xinhua News Agency on Saturday. The country aims to position the lander, named Chang'e 6, near the lunar south pole where it will collect samples, per the official Xinhua News Agency.

The Chang'e 6 lander is part of China's ongoing mission to successfully return moon samples back home "for comprehensive analysis and research," Hu said at a conference, Associated Press reported.

For the 2024 mission, The China National Space Administration has invited scientists from around the world to take part in the program, offering to transport solicited payloads into space. So far, four payloads designed by the international scientists have been preliminarily chosen, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

Shackleton crater?

[backslashdot]

Will it roam around Shackleton crater? I seriously want to at least vicariously experience it in VR.

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[Ostracus]

I'm waiting for them to find the black monolith.

Hoaxers

[CohibaVancouver]

I wonder if in the next decade we'll have high-resolution photos of the Apollo 11 landing site, along with the footprints and if we do, if the moon-hoax-idiots will finally shut up.

...or will they just assume the high-rez imagery has been faked as well?

Re: Hoaxers

[backslashdot]

We already having imaging of the landers from foreign country orbiters .. that still hasnâ(TM)t convinced the nutcases. They claim âoecheap photoshopping.â

Nothing will convince them .. we have systemic issues in our education system that allows idiots to ignore evidence .. blame whatever. End result societal destabilization. The only solution may be to escape to Mars at the first chance. It will be fine there until human nature takes over and conspiracies that Earth never existed start emergi

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[CohibaVancouver]

The only solution may be to escape to Mars at the first chance.

Why do I have to escape to Mars? I like it here. Can't we send those nutcases to Mars in Fleet Ship B instead?

Re: Hoaxers

[dwater]

Perhaps it'll help that the images come from the Chinese, who have little motivation to make Americans look good.

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[quenda]

if the moon-hoax-idiots will finally shut up.

If God himself came down to tell them, and angels carried the conspiracy nutters to the landing site to see with their own eyes, they would just conclude that the Conspiracy went all the way to the top.

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[Rick Schumann]

The Moon Hoaxers and Flat Earthers will never be convinced. You could put them in orbit, and they'd claim they were in some fancy simulation. You shove them out an airlock in a spacesuit in orbit, and they'd claim it was faked. You could shove them out an airlock without a spacesuit, bring them back in, resuscitate them, and they would STILL claim it was all fake. Same with the Moon Hoaxers. You could let them tag along to the Moon, put them on the surface, and so on, and bring them all the way back to Eart

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[jwhyche]

You can't cure 'stupid'.

Fuck'em. Their Bible says "the meek shall inherit the earth." Let them have it. The rest of us are going to the stars.

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[angel'o'sphere]

I wonder if in the next decade we'll have high-resolution photos of the Apollo 11 landing site, along with the footprints and if we do, if the moon-hoax-idiots will finally shut up.

No, no no, no! You got it all wrong! We have barely 10 years now to lift an old museum Apollo up there, and repaint it to show an bright 11 on it!!

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[nospam007]

"I wonder if in the next decade we'll have high-resolution photos of the Apollo 11 landing site"

Still higher than the Hasselblad 6x6cm ones?

Whatever China found on the backside

[ElitistWhiner]

It decided that its not so valuable as to justify a dedicated mission back to the moon.

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[cusco]

I'm sorry, what? Did you not even read the summary? Where the hell do you think this mission is headed, Neptune? Whatever they found on the far side convinced them that it's worthwhile continuing to explore the rest of the satellite.

China replaces Russia

[Jzanu]

White Russia runs away from international cooperation in space, China is welcoming partners. I hope the future allows for US and Chinese cooperation in space as well.

Re: China replaces Russia

[backslashdot]

Russia is literally part of this partnership with China. Them ditching the ISS more has to do with them being excluded key roles in Lunar Gateway though they presented some of the initial ideas. They are partnering with China on a new lunar venture. Reference: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik... [wikipedia.org]

And here is the complete list...

[dmitch33]

One coffee pot for making instant coffee. One fryer for Fish and Chips. One pound of Cheese. A package of sausages. And finally a case of wine for each passenger.

Appreciation

[Sci11]

Good contents always need some appreciation. Here something from my side. Wonderful data https://www.sciencewithfun.in/ [sciencewithfun.in]

o dear, that and a moonbase with zee russians ?

[KingBenny]

does that mean the mericans will come nuke us for dealing with satan ?
i know one thing : if kennedy shot a piece of scrap iron , manned, to the moon on something with less cpu than my vocore - in the 1960s , then in the 60 years between someone somewhere must have missed something : besos and musk competing for space-pope = good . EU/China/Russia/US boxing over spaceloot ? = bad ... the Arabs gonna take it all lol, the guy gets away with murder and a slap on the wrist, drives away in his 12th lambo to h