An unmanned Chinese moon lander is on its way back to earth after collecting several pounds of moon rocks and leaving behind something to remember them by.
A Chinese Communist flag.
Well, at least it’s not the hammer and sickle.
And I don’t think there are too many questioning whether the commie flag is sitting on a soundstage in Hollywood.
China becomes the third nation to have landed a spacecraft on the moon and carried back samples of moon rocks. In addition to the U.S., the Soviet Union had a successful sample-return mission in 1972.
Fox News:
Chang’e 5’s unmanned mission was the latest in a series that comprises the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program. Departing with a load of lunar rocks, the mission represented the first time a spacecraft tried to return moon samples since the Soviet Union did it in the 1970s.
NASA Associate Administrator Thomas Zurbuchen congratulated China on its landing which took place Tuesday.
“Congratulations to China on the...