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China has announced a lunar probe to land on the side of the moon and will return with samples that could provide insight into the differences between the lesser-explored region and the better-known near side.
This is the moment when the rocket carrying the Chang’e-6 lunar probe took off from the Wenchang Release Center.
The probe’s solar panels have opened and the spacecraft is heading for the Moon.
Scientists at the center of the area said the release project was a “total success. “
It is widely believed that the Moon formed when a Mars-sized rock slammed into Earth several billion years ago.
The Moon is Earth’s only natural satellite, but it moves away about an inch a year.
It’s called “the moon” because people didn’t know there were other moons until Galileo Galilei discovered that four of them orbited the planet Jupiter in 1610.
Many missions have explored the Moon, but none have discovered life there.
However, it may simply be about long-term human settlement.
The discovery that the Moon has water ice and that the highest concentrations occur in the dark craters at the poles has made it more hospitable to would-be colonists.
Chang’e-6 may mark the transition from an “era of exploration” to an “era of exploitation,” according to the mission commander.
A scientist in the field is sure it’s a smart idea.
“Exploration is the engine of science, but the ability to see the moon as a resource is one thing,” said Mark McCaughrean, a former adviser to the European Space Agency.
“I’m a little skeptical about the option of making it a completely advertising activity, I don’t know how it would work.
“This shouldn’t be a scenario where you can go through and just get rich.
We don’t yet know if there’s life on Mars, so we’ll stick with humans until we’ve done proper research. “
Scientists are smiling and there is some chatter inside the flight center, which means that the riskiest parts of the project have passed.
The spacecraft carries payloads from four other space agencies, marking Pakistan’s first lunar mission. Its ICUBE-Q will orbit the Moon and take pictures of the Earth and the Moon.
Khalil Hashmi, Pakistan’s ambassador to China, celebrated the successful launch of X.
Crews inside the flight center appear relieved as the probe continues its journey.
We’re still at the mission level.
Exploring the dark aspect of the Moon can help us perceive the lunar history, says science correspondent Thomas Moore.
“If China succeeds, it will actually be an ordinary mission, because the far side holds some of the mysteries of the Moon.
“It’s hail, it’s much more mountainous, it’s rugged. It does not pass through Earth and has therefore suffered asteroid bombardments in the past.
“One of the things this project can solve by retrieving a pattern is to check the age of the ancient Aitken basin, the oldest in the solar system. “
If this Chang’e-6 succeeds, it’s possible that those mysteries will be revealed.
We are now on the second level of the project and in a 3D animation of the spacecraft flying over the Pacific Ocean.
When it reaches the equator, it will introduce the insert into the lunar orbit; This is the maneuver used to reach lunar orbit.