China's Space Program News Thread

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discspinner

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That looks to be caused by the blast of the retrorocket engine during landing.

The rim of the blast crater extends until the landing pads.

Looks like a large-sized crumb of debris has come to rest near one of the pad. Luckily the lander didn't get obstructed by it during the landing. It could have caused the lander to be elevated on that side of the pad.

this isn't luck
 

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this isn't luck

You are trying to troll. :mad:

By the time the large piece of blast debris ended up near the landing pad, the lander was already very near to the surface and it was already too late and too risky for the obstacle avoidance system to move the lander around. And that is assuming the engine hasn't been already shut down to reduce back blast/blast crater size.
 

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While everyone is talking about Zhurong.

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Oh, I thought Shenlong is supposed to be top secret and everyone only ever refer to it as the "500,000 RMB payload". Now they're opening up about it? Last time it launched there were zero photos of even the fairing.

I recall previously photos of it hanging under a H-6 didn't have the flared bit at the back (OMS engines perhaps) nor a v tail.
 
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