Last month, the Yutu-2 lunar rover, which was working on the far side of the moon, suddenly found a strange cube, which stood on the bare skyline of the lunar surface, which appeared particularly abrupt, which triggered a heated discussion among netizens for a time.
The mysterious cube found by Yutu-2 (Source: China National Space Administration)
The cube looks like a "mysterious cabin", and many people have begun to speculate: some people say that it is a black stone card that appeared in the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey"; some say that it is the ship wreckage in the movie "Transformers 3"; some people say that it is a home built after the alien forced landing; some people say that it is like a magnetic energy reactor in the game "Red Alert 2"; some even make up such a picture...
Netizens' brains are wide open (source: network)
The people of the whole country are looking forward to the Jade Rabbit No. 2 to solve the mystery for us. However, after measurement, at that time, Yutu-2 was about 80 meters away from the "mysterious hut" on the edge of the sky, and according to the movement speed of the "little rabbit", it was expected to take two to three months of "long-distance trek" and "over the mountains" to reach it. Fortunately, the controllers on our ground were not idle when Yutu II was resting, and repeatedly discussed and developed a set of efficient mobile strategies, which could make Yutu II stride forward under the premise of ensuring safety.
On December 27, 2021, Yutu 2 woke up and began work on the 38th day. Sure enough, it moved faster, walking nearly 70 meters in just one day. Yutu-2 opens the panoramic camera for color imaging...
The "mysterious hut" photographed by Yutu-2 at close range turned out to be just a stone. (Source: China National Space Administration/CCTV News)
What the? Could this be the Mystery Lodge? It turned out that due to the relationship between terrain, perspective, camera field of view, resolution, etc., the thing we saw last month that was shaped like a "tall" building was actually this "short, fat and fat" stone. No, from its morphology, isn't it the "jade rabbit" that has been alive and free!!! You see, in front of the head is the delicious "carrot" it chases, and behind it is the "golden lump". It looks like a gluttonous little fat rabbit!
Yutu-2 left the "mysterious hut" filmed (Source: China National Space Administration/Our Space/Water Brother)
Since Yutu-2 landed on the far side of the moon on January 3, 2019, it has been exactly three years, and its cumulative driving mileage has just exceeded the 1,000-meter mark, reaching 1,003.9 meters! Four days later, on January 11, it was the third anniversary of the announcement of the success of the Chang'e-4 mission. I have to say that at this time, Jade Rabbit No. 2 met the "Moon Rabbit", this coincidence is almost like a gift from heaven, it is really wonderful!
Road map for daytime travel in 37 months before Yutu-2 (Source: China National Space Administration/CCTV News)
Yutu II 38th Day Travel Roadmap (Source: China National Space Administration/Our Space)