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Re:China lands Jade Rabbit robot rover on Moon by macspoofing on Saturday December 14, 2013 @01:51PM (#6906602)
We should spend more money on space exploration, but you do remember the US landed several rovers on the moon in the last decade.
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Re:China lands Jade Rabbit robot rover on Moon by acadien on Saturday December 14, 2013 @01:57PM (#6906628)
NASA has sent 5 orbiters and 3 impactors in the past decade, but 0 robotic vehicles (I believe a 'rover' is driven by a person). Here's the list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploration_of_the_Moon
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Re:China lands Jade Rabbit robot rover on Moon by tanzam75 on Saturday December 14, 2013 @08:47PM (#6907957)
> (I believe a 'rover' is driven by a person)

Doesn't have to be.

Curiosity is usually described as a "rover." In-between commands sent from mission control, it operates autonomously.

Until today, the last rover to drive around on the moon was the Soviet rover, Lunokhod 2, in 1973.

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