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China/U.S. Collaboration on LADEE/Chang'e 3? Not Likely

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
November 26, 2013
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China’s 1st Moon Lander May Cause Trouble for NASA Lunar Dust Mission, Space.com
“Conversely, with some sort of communication between the missions, including NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO),” talk between countries could enhance both LADEE and Chang’e 3 investigations, [Clive] Neal said. “What we have here is a situation where politics is certainly inhibiting good scientific cooperation and discovery because the NASA mission people are not allowed to communicate bilaterally with their Chinese counterparts,” Neal said.”
Keith’s note: The possibility that the U.S. and China might collaborate on Chang’e 3 and LADEE is certainly moot now that the U.S. just flew B-52’s through China’s new self-declared air defense zone. Add this to existing China prohibitions from the Frank Wolf contingent and …

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5 responses to “China/U.S. Collaboration on LADEE/Chang'e 3? Not Likely”

  1. Geoffrey Landis says:
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    Indeed, this will be an opportunity to measure a bit of serendipitous science: the Chinese lander raising a dust plume at the same time that the LADEE probe is measuring dust and exosphere. It will be interesting to see if any of the plume stays levitated, or if it just settles immediately; and also to see what gets volatilized into the atmosphere .

    • kcowing says:
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      Yea, as the Chinese say “out of chaos comes opportunity”. We’ll get to see the basic conditions (hopefully) and then see what happens when a precise disruption in the norm is made at a specific place and time and how it progresses – with the basic conditions to compare it to. It will be useful to understanding future activities on the Moon as well as how the Moon works. Still, it would be nice if everyone could coordinate things – might make the data even better …

  2. Anonymous says:
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    Geopolitics seems to be hurting NASA in this decade, unlike 20 years ago. At least the howling Wolf won’t be around forever.