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Wikipedia seems to say the rover mission duration is 3 months, yet the previous rover traveled for a year and transmitted a bit longer. The Chinese seemed quite
by A2017U1 8y ago
Wikipedia seems to say the rover mission duration is 3 months, yet the previous rover traveled for a year and transmitted a bit longer. The Chinese seemed quite coy about it failing last time (as with many things) so perhaps underpromising in this case?
The article doesn't mention it either but I thought this was all preparation for China's planned permanent radio telescope on the far side which would be a huge boon for astronomers by escaping Earth's EM interference.
Also out left field is the 3kg "self sustaining" biosphere of silkworms and plants with a camera inside. Interested to see how long it survives.
- londons_explore 8y agoIt must use a lot of energy to keep that biosphere constant-ish temperature the whole time. I assume it needs to be fully enclosed and use artificial (electric) lighting. In that case, I wonder the use of sending it to the moon at all.