China plants it flag on moon as lunar lander lifts off

[Baclava]

China has launched a small spacecraft from the surface of the moon in the critical next step in the ambitious Chang’e 5 mission to bring lunar samples to Earth.



The small probe, which sat on top of the Chang'e 5 lander, lifted off from Oceanus Procellarum at 10:10 EST Thursday (15:10 GMT/23:10 Beijing time) carrying with it the first fresh lunar samples since 1976.

https://www.space.com/china-chang-e-5-moon-lander-launches-from-lunar-surface

[underpants]

1. Uh huh. We've seen this before

?noredirect

[Baclava]

3. All your moonbase are belong to us!

[Sneederbunk]

2. We need a lunar war and we need it now.

[Baclava]

4. Space War, for the high ground, China is building a new space station

China announces 'Right Stuff' astronauts for new space station



The selected 18 new astronauts comprise of 17 men and 1 woman. Within the new selection, seven were chosen from the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (to become spacecraft pilots), seven will become spaceflight engineers, and the others are mission specialists.

The space station that China is building will be very similar to the current International Space Station—just on a smaller scale. It will comprise of multiple modules that are launched separately and connected together in orbit. The core module will be launched aboard the country’s Long March 5B launch vehicle, with other components and astronauts to follow in consecutive launches. Once aboard the core module, the astronauts will begin assembling the station.

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https://newslanded.com/2020/10/09/china-selects-18-more-astronauts-for-its-manned-space-station-tiangong/

[SoonerPride]

5. This is a job for SPACE FORCE

[Baclava]

6. Our squadrons be on high alert, they will be sitting ducks

[Sneederbunk]

7. When I look at the moon I can almost see that Commie flag.

And it makes me nervous.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

8. Sorry, but there is no space race that is desired by the world's citizens.

It is however, desired by the international space/military/industrial complex.

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I just want to know if my soup can bazooka will operate properly in the vacuum of space....

KY

[gratuitous]

9. On Trump's watch!

Why, oh why didn't the self-appointed Chosen One stop this? What a black eye for America! Where are you, JFK Jr.?

Nitwit Q folks can now leave off posting online and showing their ignorance.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

11. It's all part of the plan! It's 5D chess and the arrests will come any day now!

[cbdo2007]

10. China escalates space race and now only 50 years behind the USA.

[David__77]

12. Amazing progress by China.

China's economic development is a force for world peace.

[trackfan]

13. Hey! They ripped off our Lunar Module!!!!

Grumman, or whatever it became, should sue them.