Chang'e 5 sample return mission |
Chang'e 5 sample return mission |
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Of course, a mechanical or electronic failure is likely to end the mission long before the RTG wears out (same as on Curiosity)
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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One way to interpret the Chinese text is that this imaging from 30 Aug. to 2 Sept completed the imaging of the fifth potential landing site. I don't know where any of them are yet - if anyone knows please let me know. But nice to know there are five candidates. EDIT - the more I think about it, the more I suspect that the 'fifth' referred to is the fifth spacecraft, Chang'E 5. Google Translate is a blunt instrument for probing difficult questions. There might only be one site after all. I hope we will learn more soon. EDIT AGAIN - a bit of detective work. The terminator was crossing the Mare Crisium area over the few days the images were taken. I had been expecting a landing in Oceanus Procellarum, but the sun would have been overhead there, and these images have shadows suggesting a lower sun elevation. Possibly a site in the eastern maria, but west of Crisium. Not much to go on yet. Phil Phil -- I believe the "fifth" indeed refers to the fifth probe in the Chang'E series. And it is from a verified source that CE5 will land in Oceanus Procellarum: http://news.xinhuanet.com/tech/2014-09/04/c_1112367913.htm (Chinese). Came across this July 29 item on the CAST website having something to do with a "3D mode" for a Chang'e 5 camera, but I can't make heads or tails of the Google translation. It is about a documentary film or something -- they take the film in 3D. Nothing to do with CE5 or CE5T1 the probes. |
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