Sleeping Or Dead? Fate Of China's Yutu Moon Rover Uncertain

NBCNews.com ^ | 12 February 2014 | Devin Coldewey

[zeestephen]

Yutu entered a controlled hibernation mode despite mechanical problems on Jan. 24 to weather the 14-day lunar night cycle, but should have woken up days ago. China's mission control has yet to offer an official statement of failture, though it did report that Yutu did not wake up on schedule and was not responding to stimuli.

[varyouga]

Sum Ting Wong

[Empireoftheatom48]

It’s waiting for take out calls!

[ConradofMontferrat]

EFF YOU, CHINESE!

USA, USA, USA, USA......

We WALKED on the MOON you dumb bung heads!

You Chinese ain’t nuthin but “ALSO RANS.”

Even the Russians, Indians and JAPANESE can beat your pathetic butts in the “SPACE RACE!” (Now THAT’S an old term!)

(Am I rubbing it in a little too hard? I think not.)

[Redcitizen]

He’s dead, Jin.

[ConradofMontferrat]

Methinks you have hit the nail, dead on the head.

IMHO, it didn’t survive the landing.

But, who am I to say?

[SandRat]

[skeeter]

They need to steal better software.

[boomop1]

You sit 10 minutes!!!

[refermech]

Well, we had better have a good laugh at their expense while we still can. In another 10 years they will be having the last laugh.

[Snickering Hound]

It could just be very, very confused.

[virgil]

I didn’t know anything was wrong.

[skeeter]

The way things are going here at home in ten years China will be among the least of our worries.

[Billthedrill]

The Chinese are learning what we learned in the 60’s - you want to land on the moon, you deal with the Nazi moon base first. Or accidents happen. Rough neighborhood, knowwhumsayin’?

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

I hate it when “My Love My Angel” treats me likea potato.

[refermech]

where’s that bugs bunny and martian pic...

[RedMDer]

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[COBOL2Java]

This was the last image the moon rover captured before going dark:

[null and void]

I hope they do well.

We could use another space race.

[Redcitizen]

I wasn’t paying much attention. I thought it drove around for a bit before it died.