Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "tdk" Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: China's Jade Rabbit moon rover returns from the dead Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 05:37:24 +0537 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4439-0@usenet.squte.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="1858be7b02c727ad8c4c4755e1110c21"; logging-data="31423"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/o8sH/ZAVzTJFubdnrtUsTjqBEk4ZTcBE=" In-Reply-To: <4439-0@usenet.squte.com> X-Newsreader: http://squte.com Cancel-Lock: sha1:6Gm7ZZv/NCRB17hFJT+42aV48fU= Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:432 First time submitter tdk writes: The Register is reporting that China's Jade Rabbit Luna rover is responding to signals after fears it might 'die' during the lunar night. "China initially reported that the country's first lunar rover, Yutu, or the Jade Rabbit, couldn't be restored after it experienced a "mechanical abnormality" right before it went into shutdown while awaiting the return of the Sun to power up its solar panels." "Yutu has come back to life!" a spokesman for the Moon programme told state news agency Xinhua. "http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/13/china_moon_rover_jade_rabbit_alive/" -- View this thread at http://squte.com/node/4439