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Sleeping Or Dead? Fate Of China's Yutu Moon Rover Uncertain
NBCNews.com ^ | 12 February 2014 | Devin Coldewey

Posted on 02/12/2014 4:18:23 PM PST by 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.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; fail; jade; jaderabbit; lunar; moon; pining; rabbit; space; spacejunk; yutu
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To: SandRat
LOL! ...chinese delivery, 'e took wrong turn.
*no charge*..want something else?..Peking Duch.

21 posted on 02/12/2014 6:06:40 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
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To: COBOL2Java
I like the look of this one better.


22 posted on 02/12/2014 6:10:19 PM PST by Svartalfiar
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To: skinkinthegrass

23 posted on 02/12/2014 6:33:10 PM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: SandRat
..or a Bwarney Fwrank/pResident 0'Muslim
moonrise special.

24 posted on 02/12/2014 6:38:10 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
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To: ConradofMontferrat

I’ll take hard landing and ground loop for $500 bob.


25 posted on 02/12/2014 6:38:29 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: varyouga

Wee tu loo


26 posted on 02/12/2014 6:42:15 PM PST by Battle Hymn of the Republic
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To: varyouga

LMAO!


27 posted on 02/12/2014 7:33:22 PM PST by 12th_Monkey (One man one vote is a big fail, when the "one" man is an idiot.)
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To: Billthedrill

The moon Nazi’s don’t like poorly built rovers cluttering up there front yard


28 posted on 02/12/2014 7:35:58 PM PST by 12th_Monkey (One man one vote is a big fail, when the "one" man is an idiot.)
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To: zeestephen

Baby steps, so failure can be expected. Thing is the chi-coms are on there way....to militarize the moon while the USA and NASA give the Muslims a reach around, I mean outreach.


29 posted on 02/12/2014 7:41:30 PM PST by 12th_Monkey (One man one vote is a big fail, when the "one" man is an idiot.)
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To: zeestephen

Sleeping? Was it tired?


30 posted on 02/12/2014 8:13:48 PM PST by Mike Darancette (Do The Math)
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To: zeestephen

Like the US and the Russians - they were warned. China chose to ignore the warning and are now being given the “personal touch”.

There is more on the moon and in space to worry about than rocks and radiation ...


31 posted on 02/13/2014 5:28:35 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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