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China's lunar rover spots mysterious “hut” on far side of moon
- gigatexal 5y agoIt’s a monolith from 2001
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- dane-pgp 5y ago> According to the post, the rover was located 80 meters away (about 262 feet) and is expected to reach the site in another two to three months of trekking. That is unbelievably slow. Assuming it's heading in a straight line, if it travels 80m in 90 days, that's 3.7 centimetres per hour, which is slower than bamboo grows. Fortunately the rover doesn't have to be right next to the object to dispel some of its mysteriousness, and maybe after a month the image will be clear and mundane enough that the object won't be newsworthy any more.