Is that really so impressive? The technical challenges remain the same as a near side landing except you’re in a communication blackout so signals have to bounc

Is that really so impressive? The technical challenges remain the same as a near side landing except you’re in a communication blackout so signals have to bounce off a satellite in orbit. Even then that’s not novel because the Americans and Russians did the same thing, using their orbiting spacecraft to relay messages back to earth. The Chinese literally haven’t done anything novel in their space program. Even the words they said upon landing on that mission were a copy of the Americans. ‘"It's a small step for the rover, but one giant leap for the Chinese nation," Wu Weiren, the chief designer of the Lunar Exploration Project, told state broadcaster CCTV.’ The Chinese literally can’t do anything but copy and it’s embarrassing. https://phys.org/news/2019-01-chinese-rover-exploring-dark-side.amp https://phys.org/news/2019-01-chinese-rover-exploring-dark-s...