China Launches Lunar Orbiter

China Launches Lunar Orbiter · 25-10-2007, 03:37 AM

China launched it's first mission to the moon yesterday with the successful lift off of the Change'1 orbiter.

"The Chang'e 1 orbiter, named after a mythical Chinese goddess who lives on the moon, launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 6:05 p.m. local time with a large trail of smoke. Several thousand tourists and space officials watched as the 5,070-pound probe was sent into space aboard a Long March 3A carrier rocket."

" Chang'e 1's launch comes several weeks after the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched the Selenological and Engineering Explorer (SELENE), the largest lunar mission since the NASA Apollo mission. JAXA officials recently said the probe was in a correct position over the moon and is ready to begin its project to analyze and map the surface of the moon. The growing Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is currently working on a lunar mission it hopes to launch sometime next spring.

Even though the launch is a great success for China, the United States is concerned about the possible militarization of space, especially after China destroyed an aging satellite with a land-based anti-satellite missile. According to a government official, China wants to become part of the international space station project with more than a dozen other participating nations, but the United States is reluctant to let the Communist nation participate. China has said numerous times it does not want to create an arms race in space."

Yeah right as if the space and the moon belongs to the US!!

this imo will put several controversies to rest. among them: did the american really land on the moon. i am sure either one of these will be able to transmit photos of the flags/ foot prints, rovers left there and several unmanned aircraft as well!

China wants to put a [Chinese] man on the moon by 2030.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/20...nt_6938056.htm

theDarkDisciple · 25-10-2007, 06:27 AM

yeah, saw it yesterday on BBC.. they're even working with teh Soviets to send a spacecraft on Mars..

zeus · 25-10-2007, 09:35 AM

ya read it in the news today they said it is another step in china's progress

Asad · 25-10-2007, 04:25 PM

China should be able to put a man on moon by 2015-20.

ali.tayyab · 26-10-2007, 09:10 AM

hope fully he'll end up on the moon, rather than being in it !

theDarkDisciple · 26-10-2007, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by ali.tayyab

hope fully he'll end up on the moon, rather than being in it !

at teh rate their population is increasing, sure looks like it heh..

mave_3 · 26-10-2007, 04:40 PM

they will have to send ppl on the moooon.
coz they hardly have any place left in there country...

soo this is a new way of controlling the population.
send them to the moon....... lolz!!!!!!

Ali · 26-10-2007, 06:17 PM

IIRC a few months back I read somewhere that US is selling real estate on Moon...ROFL Lolz

Seriously those peeps are a joke...

25-10-2007, 03:37 AM	#1
China Launches Lunar Orbiter ali.tayyab Moderator Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Islamabad Posts: 5,765 ali.tayyab 25-10-2007, 03:37 AM Rating: () China launched it's first mission to the moon yesterday with the successful lift off of the Change'1 orbiter. "The Chang'e 1 orbiter, named after a mythical Chinese goddess who lives on the moon, launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 6:05 p.m. local time with a large trail of smoke. Several thousand tourists and space officials watched as the 5,070-pound probe was sent into space aboard a Long March 3A carrier rocket." " Chang'e 1's launch comes several weeks after the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched the Selenological and Engineering Explorer (SELENE), the largest lunar mission since the NASA Apollo mission. JAXA officials recently said the probe was in a correct position over the moon and is ready to begin its project to analyze and map the surface of the moon. The growing Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is currently working on a lunar mission it hopes to launch sometime next spring. Even though the launch is a great success for China, the United States is concerned about the possible militarization of space, especially after China destroyed an aging satellite with a land-based anti-satellite missile. According to a government official, China wants to become part of the international space station project with more than a dozen other participating nations, but the United States is reluctant to let the Communist nation participate. China has said numerous times it does not want to create an arms race in space." Yeah right as if the space and the moon belongs to the US!! this imo will put several controversies to rest. among them: did the american really land on the moon. i am sure either one of these will be able to transmit photos of the flags/ foot prints, rovers left there and several unmanned aircraft as well! China wants to put a [Chinese] man on the moon by 2030. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/20...nt_6938056.htm
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