China's Moon mission sees first seeds sprout

[Kambojaric]

Great achievement China! Truly impressive.

 

[Nilgiri]

Thanks man. Hopefully the space vegetable while having higher yield doesn’t lose the original taste. Many veggie and fruit in the western countries, from intensive farming, do not have the true taste. Is that the same in Canada?

Yeah well its gonna be hydroponics for a while in space farming heh....so the original taste isnt going to be that great (coz carrying all the input stuff to get that is going to be at a real premium).

You are right about the intensive farming in the west...lot of things are pretty tasteless. I find lot of veggies not as strong tasting...fruits tend to be ok....most meat is ok...but the (general) chicken is awful, too unidimensional and tastes of the soyfeed or whatever it is they feed them. When you have had proper country chicken raised outdoors with plenty of varied diet, you know the difference!

 

[Pakistani Aircraft]

Hopefully we will see habitable bases on the moon in the not-too-distant future.

Might even be cheaper to live there compared to HK.

How serious is China about the moon bases?

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

How serious is China about the moon bases?

What Americans won't do. China will do. Moon base is vital to manned mission to Mars. Blast a rocket off moon, low gravity, so can reach very high speed. 1 week to Mars instead of 1 year to Mars.

 

[Ultima Thule]

What Americans won't do. China will do. Moon base is vital to manned mission to Mars. Blast a rocket off moon, low gravity, so can reach very high speed. 1 week to Mars instead of 1 year to Mars.

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

You laugh American wannabe boy. We Chinese will kick your American wannabe butt.

 

[Ultima Thule]

You laugh American wannabe boy. We Chinese will kick your American wannabe butt.

I live in reality and you're not, there no way that launch from moon will reach Mar in a week, you don't know the damn about orbital mechanics @undertakerwwefan

 

[Nilgiri]

1 week to Mars instead of 1 year to Mars.

Tell me the % distance from earth to the moon compared to (even closest) earth to mars you complete utter moron. LOL.

 

[Ultima Thule]

loss of words @undertakerwwefan

 

[Skies]

If a system (e.g. space vehicle) can convert the dark energy into usable energy, then going anywhere at a high speed is possible.

Thinking about it seriously, lol

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

If a system (e.g. space vehicle) can convert the dark energy into usable energy, then going anywhere at a high speed is possible.

Thinking about it seriously, lol

Even if we could somehow harness dark energy (which is essentially some kind of anti-gravity) then we still won't be able to go faster than light, sadly.

Which means we are stuck within our solar system for the time being.

Unless someone can find a way to bypass the light speed barrier, the only thing I can think of is that we get really lucky and find a naturally occurring wormhole. But who knows where it will lead, and if the destination will be useful at all. If the exit point is in dark space then it won't be very helpful, in fact the majority of the universe is made of empty space so the odds aren't great.

 

[Nilgiri]

Even if we could somehow harness dark energy (which is essentially some kind of anti-gravity) then we still won't be able to go faster than light, sadly.

Which means we are stuck within our solar system for the time being.

Unless someone can find a way to bypass the light speed barrier, the only thing I can think of is that we get really lucky and find a naturally occurring wormhole. But who knows where it will lead, and if the destination will be useful at all. If the exit point is in dark space then it won't be very helpful, in fact the majority of the universe is made of empty space so the odds aren't great.

We might find shortcuts with time that don't violate speed of light. Basically generating our own wormholes in space-time fabric, or use some other dimensions/phenomenon beyond space-time that we do not yet know about.

Dark matter/energy itself (and more regarding the big bang and study of early universe) might hold a clue in all of those, we have to see...i.e they could be simply an imprint on space-time from a more larger non space-time phenomenon. How insulated that is from our reach may not be a permanent thing.

 

[Brainsucker]

Even if we could somehow harness dark energy (which is essentially some kind of anti-gravity) then we still won't be able to go faster than light, sadly.

Which means we are stuck within our solar system for the time being.

Unless someone can find a way to bypass the light speed barrier, the only thing I can think of is that we get really lucky and find a naturally occurring wormhole. But who knows where it will lead, and if the destination will be useful at all. If the exit point is in dark space then it won't be very helpful, in fact the majority of the universe is made of empty space so the odds aren't great.

But, is wormhole actually exist? That remain a big question.

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Tell me the % distance from earth to the moon compared to (even closest) earth to mars you complete utter moron. LOL.

Just because you can't do it doesn't mean others can't.

 

[Adam WANG SHANGHAI MEGA]

Equipment test before launch：

Side Camera Gif on the Moon: