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Originally Posted by E23
Here we go again. The Chinese have taken over from the Russians of the space race era who did things in space just so they can say it's a first. It is no more difficult to land on the far side then on the near side but it's a first. A real first would be if they landed on Mars and return samples. The lander would have to be at least 5 tons to do that. Now, that will be a first!
Andras
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It actually IS quite a bit harder to land on the far side then the near side, but we won't let technical and scientific difficulties and technicalities get in the way of a good poppy-cut
You might want to research what had to be done to get it there, communicate with it and so on first.