China Shoots for the Moon [The Moon]

Oct 3rd 2010
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China Shoots for the Moon [The Moon] On Friday, sometime around 1100 GMT, China sent a probe the moon .

The rocket, bearing the Chang’e-2 probe, launched from the Xichang launch center around that time and proceeded to take the probe toward a trans-lunar orbit.

The trip from earth to moon will take approximately five days, after which era the probe will ” collect data and test key technologies” for future landings-both manned and robotic.

Personal politics aside, all I will say is more more more. Let’s go exploring already. [ BBC ]

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This post is tagged: China, Earth, key technologies, landings, launch center, lunar orbit, personal politics

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