First soft landing since 1976 puts China alongside US and former Soviet Union in accomplishing such a feat

A Chinese spacecraft has landed on the moon in the first "soft landing" since 1976.

The event, broadcast live on Chinese TV, means the country has joined the United States and the former Soviet Union in managing to accomplish such a feat.

The Chang'e 3, a probe named after a lunar goddess in traditional Chinese mythology, is carrying the solar-powered Yutu, or Jade Rabbit rover, which will dig and conduct geological surveys. The mission is expected to last three months.

In China's most recent manned space mission in June, three astronauts spent 15 days in orbit and docked with an experimental space laboratory, part of Beijing's quest to build a working space station by 2020.
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/dec/14/chinese-spacecraft-lands-moon-china

shymexx: China is about to dominate the moon. Iran also just sent another monkey into the orbit and returned it back to earth. Yet Africa is ravaged with poverty, corruption, hunger and pseudo-intellectuals.

Darn!! The black race is doomed!

Aigbofa:

Africans are only fascinated by toys. Armoured BMW's, presidential fleet bigger than most airlines.
Education? Not that important.

shymexx: China is about to dominate the moon. Iran also just sent another monkey into the orbit and returned it back to earth. Yet Africa is ravaged with poverty, corruption, hunger and pseudo-intellectuals

Darn!! The black race is doomed!

As I glanced through the jottings, that particular word “You people over-celebrate, but underachieve” sent me on a reflection. The Chinese might have interpreted Nigeria from a narrow prism, but there was some home truth in his conclusion. He was probably talking about 15 years ago, but what has really changed since then from our attitude to life, conduct and way of life. Don’t we really over celebrate and underachieve?

I believe it is one honest truth we must face. You only need to take a look at Nigerian newspapers daily to see an avalanche of birthday, burial, chieftaincy or Iwuye ceremonies, awards both genuine and fake, notices of celebrations. When you see some of them particularly the awards or honourary degree conferments, you wonder on what basis?; particularly for some people who had helped to plunder the country.

eGuerrilla:
The black race is badly in need of a reality check.

Here is an excerpt from an article which featured on NL back in 2008.

-- Over-celebrate, But Under-achieve

shymexx:

That sums it up...with the religious Stockholm syndrome that's the bane of Africa/Africans. Always praying for miracles without actually getting up to get dirty and work hard. I believe we're the laziest race on this planet. We honestly have no excuse whatsoever anymore. The opium epidemic in China was just as devastating as what colonisation did to Africa. However, the Chinese have moved on from that - to greatness. And to even think that almost everything that metamorphosed into modern-day science and astronomy started on the same dark continent, just makes the whole thing more painful.

Last week, I saw the average ranking of students from all countries in science and mathematics in one of the UK dailies (it should be either Daily Express, Sun or Mirror - can't remember) - and Asian countries dominated the top-10 in both categories. I was shocked to see Poland ranked far higher than the UK. However, no African country made the top 30. I believe the best African country would probably be at the bottom, with the rest leading from behind. That's how messed up we're as a people. While others are advancing and planning for the future, we're busy celebrating owanbe-ism and building Churches everywhere to rip other gullible African sheeple off. Very sad!

Smuthx: This thread should be moved to foreign section. A Nigerian/ Africa bashing tread. Discuss on China's achievements and importance to the wider world not on Nigerian/Africa

shymexx: @MrDumbItAll

^^^Plonker, quoting you would stain my handle because your stupidity is contagious. Can you see the league of three? -where is your country on the list? Can you lot even build a bike? Your country is stuck in the stone age, yet you can talk down on other people's achievements, you irredeemable psychotic git.

MrDumbItAll the crude lout!

Mr Knowitall: China as arrived? Arrived where to the 1950's? The first unmanned mission to land on the moon was done by the Soviet union in 1959. The first manned mission to land on the moon was done by the United States In 1969. China is more than 50 years behind and you are saying they have arrived? Don't be silly. The United states left the moon 40 years ago and are now on Mars and planning how to put a man on Mars. China is still very much a developing country the vast majority of it's citizens live well below poverty line.

eGuerrilla:
Word!

You know, sometimes when I "ground" with the brethren (to borrow a descriptor from Walter Rodney), I posit that the strange-hold religiosity currently has on the African mind is doing more damage now than at any point in our history over the last 400 years. Although the proof of this terminal decline on our collective psyche is evident everywhere you look, we'd sooner deny its existence and point to ephemeral trappings of prosperity - where available - to console ourselves. Simply sad.

Mr Knowitall:

People with very little intelligent have to result to insults when have an argument. Relax my friend and try and educate

yourself a little more.

Horus:

And where is your country?

shymexx:

Fam, shut the fvck up and go fvck yourself.

osystein: Nigeria has two satellites in orbit, and will be launching a third very soon, the third one is locally built.