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China becomes second nation to plant flag on the Moon

• machinelabo 6y ago
  Sending humans to put a flag on the moon is an entirely different challenge than sending a robot to do the same.
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• kevwil 6y ago
  51 years after a man planted one nation's flag, another nation's robot planted theirs. Congrats to them, I guess, but it's far less impressive, especially considering the vast tech advancements in that 51 years.
  • chris-orgmenta 6y ago
    Why the negative lens? No-one was saying it was as impressive. It's still an impressive feat of human endeavour (as with any project leaving earth orbit), no? And while it might have propoganda purposes, I don't think the CCP would be expecting it to blow people's minds, and propoganda wouldn't be seen as a top tier benefit of this project
• ebullientocelot 6y ago
  While not as cool as getting this done in 1969 with people I think it's nice to see that this sort of thing is happening at all these days. As contentious as things have been lately at ground level I'm encouraged any time I read about people getting things done in space for some reason, even if it isn't some novel event.