Hooked on Huskers Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I'm somewhat knowledgeable for spacecraft designs and space missions including American, Russians, ESA, Japan, India, Chinese, etc., etc., etc. I ran across this Wikipedia article. Check it out ... see last sentence. LOL ! Technical Problem and failure On 25 January 2014, China's state media announced the rover had undergone a "mechanical control abnormality" and cited the problem as the "complicated lunar surface environment".[33] The rover has obtained some scientific data.[34] The Planetary Society suggests that the rover is not responding properly to commands from Earth, so it "could not prepare for the oncoming night properly."[35] Even though they don't acknowledged it, the rover failed just like all other Chinese electronic crap.[36][37][38] Oh wiki !!! ADDEM: Someone changed "Political Correctness" sentence (probably Wiki mods) Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Ha ha! Would you expect anything less from the country that gave us Long March launch vehicles? Quote Link to comment
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