China's Chang'e-5 mission returns Moon samples to Earth (bbc.co.uk) 5 points by howlgarnish 5y ago ↗ HN
[–] publicola1990 5y ago ↗ Despite this being a significant technical milestone, it does not have seemed to have caught the attention of HN much.
[–] pferd 5y ago ↗ One thing that strikes me from China's reporting is how young all the Mission Control Room operators are, as seen in this clip celebrating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1irHx25_qGwThis reminds me how the average age of the operators during the US Apollo missions was just 28: https://time.com/5623799/apollo-11-mission-control/#:~:text=....
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[ 2.7 ms ] story [ 15.0 ms ] threadThis reminds me how the average age of the operators during the US Apollo missions was just 28: https://time.com/5623799/apollo-11-mission-control/#:~:text=....