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New photograph of apollo lunar module. [Edit: Wrong - Sorry!]

Walrus
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Never saw it either. This is going to pose an issue to the never landed on the moon conspiracy people. I don’t suppose they have an image of the American flag, China probably wouldn’t release it anyway
 
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Walrus Walrus
Never saw it either. This is going to pose an issue to the never landed on the moon conspiracy people. I don’t suppose they have an image of the American flag, China probably wouldn’t release it anyway

The Chinese are part of the conspiracy too. Trump struck a deal with them as part of the trade deal negotiations!
 
Walrus
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axl911 axl911
The Chinese are part of the conspiracy too. Trump struck a deal with them as part of the trade deal negotiations!
Damn I can’t keep up with all this
 
monti
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Thanks for posting. Here is an interesting youtube video from the Wall Street Journal on the landing and chinese space exploration.

 
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axl911 axl911
The Chinese are part of the conspiracy too. Trump struck a deal with them as part of the trade deal negotiations!

Great! Another 1.4 billion people are in on the conspiracy now! It is getting harder and harder to keep a lid on this!

Seriously, very cool picture OP!
 
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monti monti
Thanks for posting. Here is an interesting youtube video from the Wall Street Journal on the landing and chinese space exploration.


This has to be a joke, right?

"Sanctions are coming"?!?!? ::facepalm1::
 
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Apologies if this has already been posted.

I was reading a article about China's lunar rover and they happened to casually display a photo of the Apollo 17 lunar module.

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I figured the NASA fans would appreciate this sort of thing.

Here's the article:
https://www.space.com/amp/china-yutu-2-moon-rover-strange-substance-photos.html

Have a nice Friday everyone,
Alex

That photo was from the Apollo XVII mission. The ascent stage of the LEM is still attached, as the crew access hatch and windows are visible. If it was taken recently, the lower half of the module would only be shown.
 
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I can’t believe people are falling for this. Anyone who knows anything about Apollo would know what the ascent stage of the LEM versus descent would look like ::facepalm1::
 
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OK, a post-script. Correct me if I’m wrong.

Nowhere in that article does it state that the Chinese rover took that photograph - it is in fact credited to NASA. It seems it’s just there to illustrate the point about the Apollo XVII mission and the similarities surrounding the terrain.
 
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Agreed. After reading it again, they never said they came across the LEM. I thought they photographed it while casually roving around. I believe their mission is by the moon South Pole, away from any landing sites.
 
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Just incase some here are not familiar with it, Apollo 17 astronauts parked the lunar rover at a distance from the the LEM to record the ascent stage lift off.

This was attempted by both Apollo 15 and 16 as well. The camera tilt malfunctioned on Apollo 15 and Apollo 16 was parked too close catching only a second or two of the ascent before moving out of sight.

Apollo 17 got it just right...

 
Walrus
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Damn I bought it but I only looked briefly. Back to the conspiracies
 
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Recently, in a hotel, I read in CQ magazine that the Chinese landed on the " dark side " of the Moon, another great piece of journalism 😁
Each place on the Moon has 14 Earth days Sun-light followed by 14 Earth days of darkness... Days hereunder are Earth days:
In summary: Rovers on the Moon
1970: The Russian 840 kilogram Lunokhod-1 rover operated for 322 days and rode a distance of 10.5 kilometers on the near-side of the Moon
2013-2016: The Chinese 140 kilo Yutu rover operated for 950 days on the Moon setting the record for an unmanned vehicle on the lunar surface.
2019: The Chinese Yutu-2 rover landed near the lunar South-Pole and the Chinese are interested in the far-side of the Moon
 
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