Chinese spacecraft lands on moon

[News Bandit]

Beijing - The first-ever Chinese spacecraft landed on the moon on Saturday, state television reported. The successful landing of the Chang'e-3 spacecraft, at 1311 GMT, makes China only the third nation to land a spacecraft on the moon, after the United States and the former Soviet Union.

 

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[padfoot]

Congratulations to China.

[learningthaihelp]

I don't understand why these multi billion space programs always send some vehicle, that can go 5 Km per hour and rise bigger than 10° is no go... .

[altec123]

China is now claiming the moon as Chinese territory.

[tourasia]

China is now claiming the moon as Chinese territory.

I bet they have already thrown your flag into space and there is essentially fuck all you can do about it... 

 

I also bet India is going fucking ballistic knowing that the Chinese were the first to put a restaurant on the moon.  

[Vortex]

China is now claiming the moon as Chinese territory.

 

You beat me to it.

 

Maybe they can look for evidence of the Apollo landing while they are there and finally put that to rest.

[altec123]

You beat me to it.

 

Maybe they can look for evidence of the Apollo landing while they are there and finally put that to rest.

 

LOL, That will not satisfy the conspiracy nuts who will also claim that the Chinese landing was also fake.

[altec123]

I bet they have already thrown your flag into space and there is essentially fuck all you can do about it... 

 

I also bet India is going fucking ballistic knowing that the Chinese were the first to put a restaurant on the moon.  

The Indians can always open up a tailor shop there. 

[Pattaya_Brian]

People are still landing on the moon? Like gawd, that is so 1969. What eever.