New pic of the Earth and Moon from the Chinese

[Caruso]

It's not been all bad news for Space exploration this week. The Chinese have sent a capsule round the moon and returned it to Earth, in the process capturing this pic.



And here's the mini capsule.


Full details here: http://spaceflightnow.com/2014/11/01/chinese-pathf...

[Eric Mc]

It's caption time -

"Herro, Herro - anybody in there?"

[jingars]

Eric Mc said:

It's caption time -

"Herro, Herro - anybody in there?"

As someone recently posted on The Longe's "Countryballs" thread; "Could be funny but spoiled by illiteracy and genuine racist slurs".

[Eric Mc]

jingars said:

Eric Mc said:

It's caption time -

"Herro, Herro - anybody in there?"

As someone recently posted on The Longe's "Countryballs" thread; "Could be funny but spoiled by illiteracy and genuine racist slurs".

But it IS funny

The moon photo is stunning by the way.

[supertouring]

Eric Mc said:

jingars said:

Eric Mc said:

It's caption time -

"Herro, Herro - anybody in there?"

As someone recently posted on The Longe's "Countryballs" thread; "Could be funny but spoiled by illiteracy and genuine racist slurs".

But it IS funny

I laughed, but only in a 1970s sort of way.

[croyde]

Must dig out that old 'Mind Your Language' VHS

[ReallyReallyGood]

And there I was thinking the Earth was bigger than the moon.

[hedgefinder]

sceptics might say that picture looks odd, no marks at all on the ground or surrounding area, almost as if it were staged for a photoshoot..

[Hoofy]

ReallyReallyGood said:

And there I was thinking the Earth was bigger than the moon.

Well, obviously it is. If you look up tonight with your hand to one side of the moon, you'll find it's even smaller than your palm!

[Eric Mc]

supertouring said:

I laughed, but only in a 1970s sort of way.

That's perfectly fine. I was wearing flared trousers and a kipper tie when I was dreaming up the caption.

[Silent1]

hedgefinder said:

sceptics might say that picture looks odd, no marks at all on the ground or surrounding area, almost as if it were staged for a photoshoot..

It will have impacted at slow speed with a relatively cold heat shield so it's unlikely to mar the ground significantly

[Eric Mc]

Yes - what marks would be expected?

It's just like a hot air balloon landing.

[perdu]

The poor old moon is looking a bit tattered and torn isn't it.

Needs a nice warm protective jacket

I wonder if IPCC could find a way to syphon some of that dangerous carbonic plant food gas up there to start the bioengineering off

I like, "in no particular order"

Both photos

Eric's dangerous humour

And a decent kipper tie with flares, I still have quite a restrained wardrobe of such.

Awaiting the new fashion renaissance.

Surely cannot be long to wait now


edit for dodgy keyboard response, 2Ps instead of 2Cs

Edited by perdu on Tuesday 4th November 00:45

[Eric Mc]

The photo gives a very good indication of how different the far side of the moon is compared to the side that permanently faces earth.

[Simpo Two]

jingars said:

As someone recently posted on The Longe's "Countryballs" thread; "Could be funny but spoiled by illiteracy and genuine racist slurs".

'Herro' is not a 'genuine racist slur'. I doubt the Chinese give a st, they're too busy doing things to fret over Western PC fads.

[LordGrover]

Landing site looks a little busier here: indy.

[dirty boy]

I caught a photo of that on its re-entry...