[Igor Antunov]

Full size panorama: http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/inde ... t&id=31937



This is one of the most mineral rich areas of the moon, and the rovers primary task is to conduct a site mining feasibility study, as it's radars are creating a 10m-120m sub-surface map.

[foxdemon]

Hopefully the results will be very positive and a project for the first human base on the moon will progress quickly.

[Typhoon]

Ah so the mission survived the Lunar night, congratulations China!

[Heisenberg]

There are no stars! This photo is clearly fake.

What are they looking to mine? Helium-3?

[Rancid]

Cool picture. I recall hearing of a report how asteroids may not be as mineral rich as we thought they might be. Hopefully the moon is.

[xizhimen]

[foxdemon]

There are no stars! This photo is clearly fake.

What are they looking to mine? Helium-3?

Could be hydrogen and oxygen.

[Igor Antunov]

Well the Rover experienced problems as the lunar night showed up, it may be lost. Next one is scheduled for 2017. Regardless, this was the first they sent and managed to land and operate safely, albeit well short of the 3 months it was designed for.