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December 18, 2013

Chinese sci-fi writers laud moon landing
Beijing (XNA) Dec 17, 2013
The landing of China's first moon rover on the lunar surface on Sunday morning has had the nation's sci-fi writers cheering for fiction's gradual unfolding into reality. Chinese legend has it that Chang'e, the wife of a gallant archer, flew to the moon and resided in a lunar palace after drinking a medicine of longevity. The lunar goddess is said to have a jade rabbit as her companion. That inspired the name of China's moon rover, which emerged from the Chang'e-3 probe that soft-landed on th ... read more

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