The "truth" of the Chang'e-6 mission was exposed by the British media? What is the situation when China goes to the far side of the moon to take samples, but there is a bigger goal?
Indeed, in mid-May, a news that "Chang'e-6 is just the first test of China's ambition to explore the solar system" has aroused heated discussions.
So what's going on? Where exactly is China's sampling target on the far side of the moon? Let's take a closer look.
Chang'e-6 arrived on the moon, and the news is indeed a bit scarce
That's right, except for the time when the mainland carried out the Chang'e-6 launch mission, everyone saw a lot of news, and there was also an obvious news - entering the orbit around the moon.
After entering the orbit around the moon, the mainland released Pakistan's CubeSat, one of the four international cooperation missions, and the CubeSat also took a set of photos for everyone.
But many people think generally, here I can only say, there is good, after all, the satellite itself is only 1280X720 pixels, of course, the possibility of publishing is also the original image, and you can also see that it is taken by the opposite sun, which will also produce some interference.
Therefore, in fact, this group photo of the sun and the moon has already completed the basic task of the international payload, and there is not much to say here.
After the news, there is indeed not much follow-up news, and the lunar orbit of the mainland Chang'e-6 is also continuing, because after entering the orbit around the moon - after arriving at the moon, it will last for about 20 days before it will land on the surface of the far side of the moon in the real sense and sample the moon.
In this 20-day or so, in addition to the mission of the international payload, the connection and testing of the Queqiao-2 relay satellite will also be carried out, which is to ensure the normal progress of the entire mission.
In particular, the test of the Queqiao-2 relay satellite is the most critical, because sampling on the far side of the moon cannot be carried out without the relay star.
Many people should have seen it before, the United States has also applied to use the Chinese relay star, of course, China also agreed, whether the United States will go to the far side of the moon in the future, this is not clear, from the NASA administrator's statement, should not go, will not use the Chinese relay star.
Because at the time of the Chang'e-6 mission, NASA administrator said that he did not know what China was doing on the far side of the moon, and that the far side of the moon was permanently dark (wrong statement), and the United States did not plan to go.
So, this is a bit of a "sour" taste, but the mainland has already carried out missions on the far side of the moon, and there was Chang'e-4 before, all of which carried out missions on the far side of the moon, and this time the samples were returned on the far side of the moon, that is, to create human history.
Because this is the first time that China has sampled the far side of the moon, and it is also the first time that humans in the world have sampled the far side of the moon, and 10 previous human missions have been carried out, all of which were on the front side of the moon, and this is the basic situation.
However, under this mission, the world is very concerned about sampling the far side of the moon in China, which is not, because the British media has raised another focus.
British media: China does not intend to sample, there is a bigger goal
Indeed, sampling on the far side of the moon on Chang'e-6 is the focus, after all, it is the first time that humans have sampled the far side of the moon, so why does the mainland want to sample the far side of the moon?
And one of the most important issues is that the scientific research value is very high, because the far side of the moon is older than the front side of the moon as a whole, after the successful completion of the Chang'e-6 program, it is possible to conduct systematic and long-term research on the samples of the far side of the moon, analyze the structure, physical properties and material composition of the lunar soil, and strive to obtain updated lunar scientific data.
In addition, the continent went to the south pole of the moon this time-Aitken Basin, which is an impact crater with a diameter of about 2,400 kilometers, which is the oldest and largest impact crater on the moon.
Therefore, its value is even higher, which is why many countries around the world are waiting to see the mission of China's Chang'e-6.
However, the British media pointed out a key point this time, which is really thorough, that is, in addition to scientific value, the Chang'e-6 mission also indicates China's more ambitious ambitions.
It is believed that China's Chang'e-6 lunar far-side sampling is far more than just sampling, but has a larger goal.
What is the goal? That would be to pave the way for Martian samples, which are expected to reap major scientific rewards in solving the mysteries of the solar system, and Martian samples could shed new light on the biggest mystery of all—the origin of life and whether it was habitable for humans, so China's Chang'e-6 is more than just sampling.
It can only be said that the British media did see a little far this time, because China's space exploration mission is indeed relatively clear, and Mars sampling is also to be carried out, so it can be seen through and far.
At the same time, they also pointed out that NASA and the European Space Agency are also working on a Mars sample return mission, but the complex project has been delayed, budgetary issues and congressional obstacles, which means that China could once again be the first to complete another amazing space feat.
Now that we've talked about Mars sampling, I'll expand on it for you.
China's Mars sampling was performed by Tianwen-3
Yes, the mainland is carrying out the Tianwen-3 mission, but there is another Tianwen-2 mission in front of it, and the mainland plans to launch it in May 2025.
So why didn't Tianwen 2 go? In fact, the Tianwen-2 continent is for the asteroid sampling mission, and will accompany and sample the asteroid 2016HO3.
This asteroid is internationally recognized as a celestial body with its own particularity, and it will be the first time that China has retrieved samples from the planet after the Tianwen-2 mission has returned samples from the asteroid.
However, although this asteroid sampling is not directly related to Mars sampling, the continent's mission is also to support the execution of the Tianwen-3 mission, because the continent has to carry out previous "sampling technology" verification.
So, it seems that there is no relationship, but in fact there is still a relationship. The pre-selected landing sampling area of Tianwen-3 preferentially selects the area with relatively old and high scientific value, which is manifested in ancient lake basins and sites rich in sedimentary minerals and potential groundwater, and the landing geology is preferably igneous rock.
The goal is to find traces of life on Mars, study the evolution process of Martian climate and environment, and study the geological structure and physicochemical composition of Mars.
Therefore, the Tianwen-3 Mars sampling mission is also worth looking forward to, and we also look forward to the early realization of these tasks, and the research of China's major celestial body samples can be regarded as entering a new stage, but in terms of time, it is still a bit long.
And it is worth noting that there have been a lot of space missions on the mainland in recent years, in addition to these, there are Chang'e-6, Chang'e-7, manned moon landing, etc., everyone really has to see enough, and also look forward to the successful implementation of all missions, this is the general situation.
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