I will name it Floyd in honour of the British Rock group Pink Floyd and the smash hit album “Dark side of the moon”The naming of the Rover is open to the world citizens.
China unveils Chang'e-4 rover to explore Moon's far side
Photo provided by State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense shows the image of the rover for China's Chang'e-4 lunar probe. China's moon lander and rover for the Chang'e-4 lunar probe, which is expected to land on the far side of the moon this year, was unveiled Wednesday. The global public will have a chance to name the rover. (Xinhua)
BEIJING, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- China's moon lander and rover for the Chang'e-4 lunar probe, which is expected to land on the far side of the moon this year, was unveiled Wednesday.
Images displayed at Wednesday's press conference showed the rover was a rectangular box with two foldable solar panels and six wheels. It is 1.5 meters long, 1 meter wide and 1.1 meters high.
Wu Weiren, the chief designer of China's lunar probe program, said the Chang'e-4 rover largely kept the shape and conditions of its predecessor, Yutu (Jade Rabbit), China's first lunar rover for the Chang'e-3 lunar probe in 2013.
However, it also has adaptable parts and an adjustable payload configuration to deal with the complex terrain on the far side of the moon, the demand of relay communication, and the actual needs of the scientific objectives, according to space scientists.
Like Yutu, the rover will be equipped with four scientific payloads, including a panoramic camera, infrared imaging spectrometer and radar measurement devices, to obtain images of moon's surface and detect lunar soil and structure.
It will also endure vacuum, intense radiation and extremes of temperature. The moon has a large temperature difference between day and night, which can reach more than 300 degrees Celsius.
Both the lander and rover will carry international payloads for other countries.
The Chang'e-4 lunar probe will land on the Aitken Basin of the lunar south pole region on the far side of the moon, which is a hot spot for scientific and space exploration.
Direct communication with the far side of the moon, however, is not possible, which is one of the many challenges for the Chang'e-4 lunar probe mission.
China launched a relay satellite, named Queqiao, in May, to set up a communication link between the Earth and Chang'e-4 lunar probe.
The global public will have a chance to name the rover, according to State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense.
Participants can submit their proposed names for the rover through the internet from Aug. 15 to Sept. 5, and the official name will be announced in October after several selection rounds.
Winners will be rewarded at most 3,000 yuan and invited to watch the lunar probe launch.
The name Yutu was chosen from 200,000 proposals submitted over two months worldwide.
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Brilliant name and reasoning and I am not going to try and better it.
Im sure.if it was an ESA project it would have won easily.
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The Chinese would find it hard to pronounce it. Maybe modify it to Loi, lol.
CCTV News: At 7:52 in the morning (25th), China successfully launched the 35th and 36th Beidou navigation satellites with the "One Arrow and Double Star" method at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center with the Long March 3B carrier rocket. The two satellites belong to the medium-circle earth orbiting satellite and are the eleventh and twelfth networking satellites of the Beidou No. 3 global system in China.
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First hand peek at China secretive Jiuguan Launch center. Turn out they were built by Korean War veteran who literally built it by hand Unimaginable hardship they must endured and the sacrifice that they make. I can still remember those old photos and film when China was so poor they literally use muscle power to build the country with little food and provision. They turn barren dessert into land of milk and honey.Respect to those generation.
Jiuguanis located in middle of no where they have to grow their own food and raise their own pig and milk. From "Across China" with english sub
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Jiuguanis located in middle of no where they have to grow their own food and raise their own pig and milk. From "Across China" with english sub
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Jiuquan site is the starting point of Chinese missile program, followed by civilian space program. It was part of the "两弹一星" (Fission bomb, Hydrogen bomb and Satellite program). Marshall Chen Yi once said "we will get it done even if we have to give up our pants". That words was not just figurative, it was dead serious, it means sacrifice on all levels. One of the top scientists, Deng Jiaxian went to investigate the malfunctioning of the trigger of a nuke device in the danger of being blown into radioactive pieces. Thanks to these heroes, China becomes what we see today.
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