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  China's Jade Rabbit moon rover returns from the dead "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-02-15 05:37 +0537
    Re: China's Jade Rabbit moon rover returns from the dead Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-15 09:21 -0500
      Re: China's Jade Rabbit moon rover returns from the dead RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-15 20:01 +0000
        Re: China's Jade Rabbit moon rover returns from the dead Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-16 09:20 -0500
          Re: China's Jade Rabbit moon rover returns from the dead Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-17 00:13 -0800

#432 — China's Jade Rabbit moon rover returns from the dead

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/"


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#433

On Sat, 15 Feb 2014 05:37:24 +0537, "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> wrote:

>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/"


Great,  Outer-Space Chinese  Robot Zombies... it's like the ultimate
bad-guy for a video-game. They just need to somehow get Jade Rabbit to
embrace National Socialism and rob a few banks, and it will have all
the bases covered.

Having gotten /that/ out of the way, good job for China. The
environment up there is tough (the moon is a harsh mistress, I hear)
and the distance doesn't make anything easier. Hopefully this will
inspire our other governments to recognize the importance of space
exploration and utilization.

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#446

> Having gotten /that/ out of the way, good job for China. The
> environment up there is tough (the moon is a harsh mistress, I hear)
> and the distance doesn't make anything easier. Hopefully this will
> inspire our other governments to recognize the importance of space
> exploration and utilization.
 
 

Yeah, there's been a lot of schadenfraude over this Jade Rabbit (sounds
like a name for a sex toy, if you ask me ...).  But I'm glad the thing
is back on line.  Good for China.  Think what you want about the Chinese
government (and over at dictator.asia the comments are somewhat
scathing), these guys are scientists persuing scientific/academic stuff,
same as a lot of us.  I still think/hope science is apolitical, or at
least the scientists are trying to keep it that way.  Maybe I'm just
naïve.

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#459

On Sat, 15 Feb 2014 20:01:52 +0000 (UTC), RS Wood
<rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:

>> Having gotten /that/ out of the way, good job for China. The
>> environment up there is tough (the moon is a harsh mistress, I hear)
>> and the distance doesn't make anything easier. Hopefully this will
>> inspire our other governments to recognize the importance of space
>> exploration and utilization.
> 
> 
>
>Yeah, there's been a lot of schadenfraude over this Jade Rabbit (sounds
>like a name for a sex toy, if you ask me ...).  But I'm glad the thing
>is back on line.  Good for China.  Think what you want about the Chinese
>government (and over at dictator.asia the comments are somewhat
>scathing), these guys are scientists persuing scientific/academic stuff,
>same as a lot of us.  I still think/hope science is apolitical, or at
>least the scientists are trying to keep it that way.  Maybe I'm just
>naïve.

There was a famour quote that I never can quite remember that is
relevant. I think it was said by Heinlein. It went something along the
lines of "Man will go into space. He might speak Chinese, or German,
Russian or English, but he will go out there and make it his domain". 

I think it was said at the height of the cold war, so suggesting that
the Enemy might not only be the ultimate victor but that - ideology
aside - it didn't matter so much as that we just got our eggs out of
this fragile blue basket, was rather radical.

So maybe here we see the start of the Chinese domination of space. On
a personal note, it discomfits me a bit but in the long run I think it
is for the best.

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#472

On 2014-02-16 14:20:05 +0000, Spalls Hurgenson said:

> On Sat, 15 Feb 2014 20:01:52 +0000 (UTC), RS Wood
> <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
> 
>>> Having gotten /that/ out of the way, good job for China. The
>>> environment up there is tough (the moon is a harsh mistress, I hear)
>>> and the distance doesn't make anything easier. Hopefully this will
>>> inspire our other governments to recognize the importance of space
>>> exploration and utilization.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Yeah, there's been a lot of schadenfraude over this Jade Rabbit (sounds
>> like a name for a sex toy, if you ask me ...).  But I'm glad the thing
>> is back on line.  Good for China.  Think what you want about the Chinese
>> government (and over at dictator.asia the comments are somewhat
>> scathing), these guys are scientists persuing scientific/academic stuff,
>> same as a lot of us.  I still think/hope science is apolitical, or at
>> least the scientists are trying to keep it that way.  Maybe I'm just
>> naïve.
> 
> There was a famour quote that I never can quite remember that is
> relevant. I think it was said by Heinlein. It went something along the
> lines of "Man will go into space. He might speak Chinese, or German,
> Russian or English, but he will go out there and make it his domain".
> 
> I think it was said at the height of the cold war, so suggesting that
> the Enemy might not only be the ultimate victor but that - ideology
> aside - it didn't matter so much as that we just got our eggs out of
> this fragile blue basket, was rather radical.
> 
> So maybe here we see the start of the Chinese domination of space. On
> a personal note, it discomfits me a bit but in the long run I think it
> is for the best.

The Chinese might actually make a real go of it.  Since the late '80s 
the US space program has basically been a jobs program and a way to get 
large military satellites into orbit without depleting the military 
budget.  Everything was expensive as hell.  The Chinese (and the 
Russians) have inexpensive and reliable launch vehicles and associate 
space technology produced by state-run concerns.  The run on kerosene 
for heaven's sake!

If the Chinese actually make a go of *colonizing* space then they have 
my blessing.  Although, like you, I find it quite bothersome that 
Russia and China are the only countries that can still launch a person 
into space.  If I had access to a time machine and was able to visit 
myself 15-20 years ago with this news, I would have slapped my face.

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