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China's Chang'e-5 mission returns Moon samples to Earth
- pferd 6y agoOne thing that strikes me from China's reporting is how young all the Mission Control Room operators are, as seen in this clip celebrating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1irHx25_qGw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1irHx25_qGw This reminds me how the average age of the operators during the US Apollo missions was just 28: https://time.com/5623799/apollo-11-mission-control/#:~:text=The%20average%20age%20of%20the,missions%20told%20TIME%20back%20then https://time.com/5623799/apollo-11-mission-control/#:~:text=....
- publicola1990 6y agoDespite this being a significant technical milestone, it does not have seemed to have caught the attention of HN much.