The Rundown Tech: China … The Moon landing. “Lanyue”

Posted on August 19, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

🌝 China closes in on moon landing
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The Rundown: China took a giant step forward in putting astronauts on the moon with a successful landmark test of the 26-ton “Lanyue” lunar lander — a full-scale mockup designed to ferry taikonauts to the moon’s surface before 2030.
The details:
In a cavernous test facility outside Beijing, engineers suspended the lander from massive overhead tethers that recreated the Moon’s reduced gravity.The lander reportedly executed a simulated touchdown on a cratered surface and powered up for a dramatic “lunar” liftoff.Officials hailed the exercise as China’s first direct trial of crewed landing and takeoff hardware beyond Earth, a prelude to future real-world missions.Lanyue is built to support two astronauts, lunar samples, and scientific payloads designed to operate for up to 6 days on the moon’s surface.
Why it matters: Analysts hail the Lanyue test as a game-changer, proof that China’s moon program is accelerating faster than expected. With NASA’s Artemis III aiming for a 2027 landing, Beijing now looks poised to go head-to-head with the U.S. in staking humanity’s next off-world milestone before the decade closes.

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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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