NASA is canceling a water-seeking moon rover because of cost overruns and launch delays. The space agency announced the news Wednesday, days before the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
I can't say I understand their move here either. Outside of all the fuckiness of the satellite cloud model, it also just doesn't work? It can't really scale up beyond a certain point, and it's also just future space junk. Why they wouldn't simply provide actual infrastructure is beyond me.
China's next step in space isn't a Mars mission but a permanent moon base. Scouting locations for it is one of the purposes of the the Chang'e missions.
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I can't say I understand their move here either. Outside of all the fuckiness of the satellite cloud model, it also just doesn't work? It can't really scale up beyond a certain point, and it's also just future space junk. Why they wouldn't simply provide actual infrastructure is beyond me.
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China's next step in space isn't a Mars mission but a permanent moon base. Scouting locations for it is one of the purposes of the the Chang'e missions.