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China has outlined plans for an upcoming flight to the Moon, The Guardian reports:
The spacecraft will consist of four distinct parts: a lander and an ascender, an orbiter and a returner. The lander will descend to the surface of the Moon, collect the samples and place them in the ascender. This will launch and rendezvous with the orbiter and returner, all of which will then journey back towards Earth.
The samples will be transferred to the returner, which will detach from the orbiter and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.
Chang'e-5 is expected to be launched in November 2017.
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Two is not equal to three, even for large values of two.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 26 2017, @05:10PM
No problem. The treaties that end WW III will be signed by microbes, if any survive.