In the past few days, everyone should have been swiped by Chang'e 6!
On June 25, Chang'e-6, after a 53-day space journey, returned smoothly and landed accurately at the Siziwangqi landing site in Inner Mongolia with samples from the back of the moon.
On the morning of the 26th, the recovered Chang'e-6 return capsule was safely transported to Beijing.
On the afternoon of the 26th, mainland researchers held an opening activity for the Chang'e-6 returner.
Today, experts released details of the lunar soil brought back by Chang'e-6, which is very different from Chang'e-5.
According to media reports, the Chang'e-6 return capsule brought back a total of 1,935.3 grams of samples, which was only 64.7 grams less than the planned 2 kilograms.
Don't underestimate the 1935.3 grams, you must know that Chang'e-5 only brought back 1731 grams of lunar soil, and Chang'e-6 has a full 204.3 grams more than it.
Some people may wonder why Chang'e-6 was able to return with more than 200 grams of samples because much of the equipment is almost identical to Chang'e-5.
This is actually a beautiful accident!
When Chang'e-6 was digging on the far side of the moon, the capacity detector sounded an alarm when it reached the seventh dig.
It means that the samples loaded are basically full and can no longer be loaded.
But at this time, the eighth shovel of Chang'e-6 had already been shoveled under the back of the moon, and it was a pity to discard the eighth shovel of samples like this.
So the researchers held a small meeting on the eighth shovel, and finally decided to leave the eighth shovel sample after discussing it for a long time.
After all, the prompt of the capacity detector is basically full, and there may be a little extra space, so this is more than 200 grams of extra weight.
After testing the 1935.3 grams brought back by Chang'e-6, experts found that the samples on the back of the moon from Chang'e-6 were viscous and had agglomeration, which was very different from the delicate and loose soil of Chang'e-5.
What does it mean that the front of the moon is loose and sticky on the back of the moon?
It means that there may be water or some kind of liquid on the far side of the moon!
You must know that our Chang'e-7 has a very important mission, which is to find water in the moon.
The success of the Chang'e-6 mission also points out a direction for our Chang'e-7 lunar exploration mission.
In addition to the details of the soil on the back of the moon, many netizens are also concerned about how these samples will be distributed, is there a copy in the United States?
According to media reports, the samples brought back by Chang'e-6 are mainly distributed in three directions, the first of which is for scientific research.
After the lunar soil is removed, the mainland will distribute seven batches of samples totaling 85.48 grams to 131 research teams in China for researchers to conduct multi-faceted research.
The second is the public display, and the samples brought back by Chang'e-5 have been displayed in many places, attracting a large number of people to watch and learn about the history of the mainland's aerospace development.
It is not surprising that the samples of Chang'e-6 this time should be the same as Chang'e-5, and some samples will be displayed to the public, so that the public can learn more about aerospace science through this.
The mainland has always adhered to the policy of equal cooperation and inclusive development in aerospace development, and has actively carried out space cooperation with the international community.
When Chang'e-5 retrieved the samples, the mainland opened international applications.
Not to mention the launch of Chang'e-6, which also carried scientific detectors from many countries.
The Chang'e-6 sample will also be open for international applications to the predecessor Chang'e-5 sample.
But as for whether it will be given to the United States, the mainland has already replied.
He said directly and straight to the point that the mainland has always treated Sino-US space cooperation with an open attitude, but the United States has always used the "Wolf Clause" and other regulations to obstruct normal exchanges and cooperation between the two countries.
To put it simply, it's not that we don't want to cooperate, it's that you don't want to cooperate.
Chang'e-6 is the most technologically advanced lunar exploration mission in the history of mainland aerospace so far, not only breaking through the three major technologies, "lunar retrograde orbit design and control technology", "lunar back intelligent sampling technology" and "lunar back take-off and ascent technology".
It also won a world first, the world's first automatic sampling return on the back of the moon.
After that, the smart mobile camera and new material of "basalt fiber" used by Chang'e-6 will also be widely used in people's livelihood.
Just like the astronaut energy meal developed by the China Astronaut Research and Training Center for astronauts, it was originally used for astronauts to eat when they encountered special circumstances or accidentally lost contact with people on the ground during the return journey, and now we ordinary people can also taste it.
The astronaut energy meal can quickly replenish the energy of the astronaut and provide energy for the body for 6 hours, providing the astronaut with the energy and nutrients that the body needs for a day.
It follows the aerospace food hygiene requirements, which are strictly higher than the national food industry standards and higher than the general specifications for military food.
It not only achieves 0 trans fatty acids, 0 preservatives, and 0 sucrose, but also leads the way in terms of energy, protein and dietary fiber.
In addition, there are all kinds of lead, cadmium, total mercury and other pollutants, mycotoxins, and aerospace food hygiene requirements are almost all clearly required.
It also features imported oats, imported whey protein and pure cocoa butter, each individually wrapped for easy portability and ready to eat, so you can fuel up anytime, anywhere.