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Posted: 6/11/2021 1:32:53 PM EDT
Images released by China’s space agency have captured Mars’ red, flat and rock-covered surface in detail, along with the rover and landing platform that touched down on the Martian surface last month. A series of high-resolution images published on the China National Space Administration’s (CNSA) website on Friday show the terrain of the red planet in color (and it does look red), as well as the landing platform and the Zhurong rover, the CNSA said. The next picture, showing the landing platform, was taken when the Mars rover moved away from the platform by about six meters. The lander displays the Chinese flag and the outlines of the mascots for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics. China's Tianwen-1 mission, consisting of an orbiter, a landing platform and a rover, was launched last July. The lander, which carried the rover, touched down in Utopia Planitia, a vast plain in the northern hemisphere of Mars, on May 15. The Zhurong rover drove down from its landing platform to the Martian surface on May 22, starting its exploration of the Red Planet. It has been surveying the area for 28 Martian days (a Martian day is approximately 40 minutes longer than a day on Earth). The rover is surveying the Martian surface and looking for signs of water or ice that could help us understand whether there was ever life on Mars. This is the latest batch of images released by the CNSA since the orbiter’s landing. Link |
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Thanks to the Clintons and poor security of American companies that made this possible
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So there is a landing platform and a rover. What took the first photo?
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Disappointed, the Chinese abandoned future Mars missions after realizing there were no patents to violate on the red planet
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Maybe there is a reason that rovers look so similar, maybe that reason is they stole our designs. China has not done one thing original in modern times.
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Taken somewhere in the Gobi and retouched. Who took the photo that shows the rover and the lander?
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Our rover should drive over there and fuck it up, Battle Bots style.
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Our own orbital platform got pics of it on the surface.
I think all space exploration is awesome, don't care which country is doing it. |
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Quoted: Oh my God they got photos. We did that in the 70's. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/219476/tumblr_046db674d2a8c9bf251a0049dea49397_-1935687.gif Fuck China. View Quote They will put people on Mars like we should have been doing 30 years ago from our Moon base that should have been built 40 years ago. Fuck China. |
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Quoted: So there is a landing platform and a rover. What took the first photo? View Quote That was my first thought too. Long selfie stick? Quoted: Maybe there is a reason that rovers look so similar, maybe that reason is they stole our designs. China has not done one thing original in modern times. View Quote A certain virus comes to mind... |
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Quoted: So there is a landing platform and a rover. What took the first photo? View Quote The rover took a selfie using a wireless camera. Link |
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Quoted: That was my first thought too. Long selfie stick? A certain virus comes to mind... View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: So there is a landing platform and a rover. What took the first photo? That was my first thought too. Long selfie stick? Quoted: Maybe there is a reason that rovers look so similar, maybe that reason is they stole our designs. China has not done one thing original in modern times. A certain virus comes to mind... We paid for it and more than likely helped develop it. |
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Quoted: China's Tianwen-1 mission, consisting of an orbiter, a landing platform and a rover, was launched last July. The lander, which carried the rover, touched down in ... View Quote How was that top picture taken of the two components, lander and rover, are in the photo? Did the orbiter decided to come along to the surface also? Edit: I need to type faster... |
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Quoted: We paid for it and more than likely helped develop it. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: So there is a landing platform and a rover. What took the first photo? That was my first thought too. Long selfie stick? Quoted: Maybe there is a reason that rovers look so similar, maybe that reason is they stole our designs. China has not done one thing original in modern times. A certain virus comes to mind... We paid for it and more than likely helped develop it. Can't argue against that, guess they copied it too |
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Hopefully NASA will release the video of out helicopter drone launching a mini HellFire into that little piece of Chicom junk!!
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They probably just went to the Danakali Desert in Ethiopia.....looks the exact same.
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I think that it is great regardless of who is doing it. Maybe China making a move will spur us to do even greater things sooner.
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If this is real, where are all the huge blocks of styrofoam packing material?
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