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New Evidence: Chinese Rocket And Secret Payload Caused Double Crater on The Moon (www.sciencealert.com)
submitted 10 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/astronomy@mander.xyz
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[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Payload was a giant hole confirmed

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

What can you add to the moon to make it lighter?

[–] moistclump@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Hey guys, get a load of this hole.

[–] Treczoks@kbin.social 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hmm, how much mass would a manned mission have?

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

As amusing as the idea is, I doubt China would launch a manned mission and not tell anyone.

[–] Treczoks@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Maybe they wanted to announce it after a successful landing?

[–] NoMoreLurking@startrek.website 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So it's like a Vladimir Ilyushin kind of thing?

[–] Treczoks@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

I would not rule it out.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

China: "should we tell anyone that we crashed? No no, it was a secret payload that touched down!"