Feb 24, 2022 16:00:00

Chinese spokesman claims that 'rockets scheduled to collide on the moon' are not Chinese rockets

In January 2022, the calculation result that 'the wreckage of the SpaceX rocket is about to collide on the moon' was

reported , and in February 2022, the correction information that 'the colliding rocket was launched by China' was reported. It was announced. A Chinese spokesman has made a statement denying the conflict about this report.

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on February 21, 2022
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The calculation result of the rocket wreckage colliding with the moon was reported on January 21, 2022 by Bill Gray, the developer of the astronomical tracking system ' Project Pluto '. At the time of the first report, Mr. Gray reported that it was the 'second stage booster of SpaceX's rocket'Falcon 9'' that would collide with the moon, and that it would collide with the other side of the moon on March 4, 2022. I did.

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The report by Mr. Gray was a big topic, but Mr. John Giorgoni, who belongs to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) under NASA, launched by 'Falcon 9' based on the data of JPL's astronomical tracking system ' Horizons System '. It seems that the spacecraft did not pass near the moon in particular. It would be unnatural if the spacecraft did not pass near the moon, but the booster of the rocket that launched it passed near the moon. Pointed out. Gray then reanalyzed the data and on February 12, 2022, 'The calculation that the booster hits the other side of the moon is correct, but the booster is not from SpaceX's Falcon 9 and is from China. It belongs to the lunar exploration satellite ' Chang'e No. 5 T1 '. '

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Then, on February 21, 2022, an Associated Press reporter told Chinese spokesman Wang Wenbin , 'On March 4, 2022, a rocket booster will collide with the other side of the moon. According to an analysis led by NASA. , This booster may have come from a lunar exploration project carried out by China in 2014. Let me see the details. ' In response to this question, Mr. Mio replied, 'China is observing that Chang'e 5's upper rocket has safely entered the Earth's atmosphere and burned completely.' Denied the possibility of collision.

After Mr. Thou's remarks, Mr. Gray updated the above correction information, and the remarks of the Chinese spokesman were launched in 2014 and in 2020 with the 'Chang'e 5 T1' in question this time. Pointed out the possibility that it was confused with ' Chang'e 5 '. He continued to support his opinion that a rocket booster would collide with the moon on March 4, 2022.