Friday, 14 December 2018

Chinese robots are on a mission to beat NASA to the far side of the moon

Chinese robots are on a mission to beat NASA to the far side of the moon

NASA’s new initiative to go back to the moon at the behest of President Donald Trump is an intriguing notion, but for now, we’re still relegated to studying and exploring the lunar surface with the help of robots. But it’s not NASA’s robots we ought to be paying attention to—there aren’t any. Instead, China currently has the leg-up in lunar exploration, and it’s poised to make a splash with its Chang’e 4 spacecraft, launched last Saturday.

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