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China’s Moon atlas is the most detailed ever made

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Re: China’s Moon atlas is the most detailed ever made

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Post by Figs »

lqet wrote: post #4
boomboomsubban wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From a phys.org story on the matter, there's a 200MB jpeg. https://dx.doi.org/10.12176/03.99.02797 Seems to still be in the process of being proofed.

Direct link to the JPEG: https://china.scidb.cn/download?fileId=62b3ceb08e66a93f11a07...

That looks almost identical to the one from 2022. The only obvious differences that I see (besides "pre-proofs" watermarked all over it) are in the Geologic Time Scale table and the credits on the lower left.

The map itself looks the same as far as I can tell.

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Post by p0w3n3d »

lqet wrote: post #4
boomboomsubban wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From a phys.org story on the matter, there's a 200MB jpeg. https://dx.doi.org/10.12176/03.99.02797 Seems to still be in the process of being proofed.

Direct link to the JPEG: https://china.scidb.cn/download?fileId=62b3ceb08e66a93f11a07...

is there a torrent for it? server seems to be overloaded

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Post by ammo1662 »

ConsiderCrying wrote: post #10
oefrha wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In addition to the big jpeg linked in the sibling, [1] shows the photo of a pretty hefty tome being published in both Chinese and English. I found some Chinese online retailers carrying the Chinese version for about $400, but I can’t find the English version anywhere. [1] https://english.cas.cn/newsroom/cas_media/202404/t20240422_6...

$400, damn. Although, to be fair, that book does look to be the size of a hefty fantasy trilogy. If the printing quality is up to snuff, it should be a gorgeous and very interesting read.

Not sure where did he find it, but I found the two books in taobao, one is about 2500RMB(350USD), the other is 4500RMB(620USD), Chinese version only.

As they said, it is "for studying the evolution of the moon, selecting the site for a future lunar research station and utilizing lunar resources".

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Post by pjc50 »

keepamovin wrote: post #13

First you make maps, then you profit. Normally by extracting some resources or energy from the area. China is following a classic path. The impetus for Artemis becomes more clear! Haha :)

Lunar resource extraction is unlikely to be viable for anything other than building on the moon - ever. The quantities of energy involved are simply too high.

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Post by powerapple »

pjc50 wrote: post #15
keepamovin wrote: post #13

First you make maps, then you profit. Normally by extracting some resources or energy from the area. China is following a classic path. The impetus for Artemis becomes more clear! Haha :)

Lunar resource extraction is unlikely to be viable for anything other than building on the moon - ever. The quantities of energy involved are simply too high.

Imagine if we can send garbage to the moon and keep the earth clean, the ship returns with minerals.

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Post by lettergram »

pjc50 wrote: post #15
keepamovin wrote: post #13

First you make maps, then you profit. Normally by extracting some resources or energy from the area. China is following a classic path. The impetus for Artemis becomes more clear! Haha :)

Lunar resource extraction is unlikely to be viable for anything other than building on the moon - ever. The quantities of energy involved are simply too high.

I highly doubt that’s true, sending it back to earth is fairly cheap. Getting stuff to the moon can be expensive, but there will def be certain resources worth sending back. For instance, 10Kg of gold is worth $750k. Probably could just send that back with a few astronauts.

That’s not to include the possibility that there’s certain manufactured goods that could be cheaper or only possible to produce at lower gravity.

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