China lands Chang'e-4 on far side of Moon

Re:China lands Chang'e-4 on far side of Moon by rsynnott on Thursday January 03, 2019 @08:38AM (#18814963)

Unless you're an ancient Greek, that isn't particularly surprising; it was not part of current traditions when used as the name of a spacecraft.

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Re:China lands Chang'e-4 on far side of Moon by xanipher on Thursday January 03, 2019 @09:16AM (#18815202)

Learning about the gods of old greece and their stories is still part of the curriculum in a lot of European countries. I doubt most would think of the Moon Landing first.

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Re:China lands Chang'e-4 on far side of Moon by riffraff on Thursday January 03, 2019 @02:08PM (#18818137)

I grew up watching Japanese anime which reference ancient Greek mythology.

Pollon[0], for example, focuses on a daughter of Apollo. I didn't even know the "man on the moon" thing was called Apollo until I was in high school.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Pollon

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Re:China lands Chang'e-4 on far side of Moon by bhhaskin on Thursday January 03, 2019 @11:58AM (#18816637)

Same here in the states.

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