I get so frustrated at the slow pace of the Artemis program, compared to what NASA could do if it had the motivation and funding. China has that motivation.
Looked up the Chang-e 5 mission on Wikipedia and it looks like the US did get access to China's lunar samples, through a consortium of scientists from the UK, Australia, US and Sweden. Brad Jolliff, director of the space science center at Wash U in St Louis, hailed this as "science done in the ideal way: an international collaboration...diplomacy by science." This contrasts with the 'non-interference' policies and competition, in my opinion contrived, between the US and China. It sound exciting, grabs headlines: a new space race. But one wonders if this really helps either country, starting with costs. For now, it seems that the US barring China from projects like the ISS has actually emboldened China, pushing it to accomplish more in the past decade than it would have if it had been allowed full access to international and American venues. Maybe it's been a net positive that China's been forced to 'go solo'; maybe if it hadn't, we wouldn't now be getting rocks from the far side.
Russia’s Luma 24 brought a few grams back from a lunar sample return in 1976. I think that was a question you had. Apollo 17 was 1972 but brought kilograms of material back to earth. I remember watching it as a kid.
It has to be said that China are executing their lunar ambitions in an efficient and well planned out way. It's a wake up call for the Artemis programme to consider its lunar surface ambitions and they could be feasibly scaled up given that both the HLS vehicles under development are going to be capable of delivering significant payloads to the Moon.
Great video. China is definitively doing a good job in their lunar endeavors
Thanks! I agree.
5 NASA-supported scientists of 10 applied for chang'e 5 sample borrowing under the Wolf Amendment. I don't know how to describe the embarrassment.
Free speech!
China seems to be moving at the NASA pace of the 60's, not a bad thing. I think that China may be the first to send people to the moon this Century.
I get so frustrated at the slow pace of the Artemis program, compared to what NASA could do if it had the motivation and funding. China has that motivation.
Looked up the Chang-e 5 mission on Wikipedia and it looks like the US did get access to China's lunar samples, through a consortium of scientists from the UK, Australia, US and Sweden. Brad Jolliff, director of the space science center at Wash U in St Louis, hailed this as "science done in the ideal way: an international collaboration...diplomacy by science." This contrasts with the 'non-interference' policies and competition, in my opinion contrived, between the US and China. It sound exciting, grabs headlines: a new space race. But one wonders if this really helps either country, starting with costs. For now, it seems that the US barring China from projects like the ISS has actually emboldened China, pushing it to accomplish more in the past decade than it would have if it had been allowed full access to international and American venues. Maybe it's been a net positive that China's been forced to 'go solo'; maybe if it hadn't, we wouldn't now be getting rocks from the far side.
Good information about the Chang’e-5 samples, thanks!
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Thanks so much for creating and sharing this informative video.
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The Russians returned Luna regolith in September 1970 with their robotic Luna 16 mission.
Thanks!
Nasa never expect China could independently spearhead space exploration, don't underestimate Chinese wisdom
Russia’s Luma 24 brought a few grams back from a lunar sample return in 1976. I think that was a question you had. Apollo 17 was 1972 but brought kilograms of material back to earth. I remember watching it as a kid.
Thanks! I did not know that. Before I was born. So much great work from that era of space exploration.
It has to be said that China are executing their lunar ambitions in an efficient and well planned out way.
It's a wake up call for the Artemis programme to consider its lunar surface ambitions and they could be feasibly scaled up given that both the HLS vehicles under development are going to be capable of delivering significant payloads to the Moon.
I wish it was a wake up call! I don't see anything changing.