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Originally Posted by DBS.US
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The Chinese lunar rover apparently only investigated a 40 meter area of the moon before it stopped moving so it really does not prove anything about what might be on the moon. From what wikipedia says, it operated longer than any other rover so far (good for the Chinese on that) but it was immobile for most of that time.
So, unless it was specifically targeted to land at one of the U.S. landing sites and managed to accomplish that task then the fact it did not find evidence means nothing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yutu_(rover)
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Yutu (Chinese: 玉兔; pinyin: Yłtł; literally: "Jade Rabbit") is an unmanned lunar rover that formed part of the Chinese Chang'e 3 mission to the Moon. It was launched at 17:30 UTC on 1 December 2013, and reached the Moon's surface on 14 December 2013.[6] The mission marks the first soft landing on the Moon since 1976 and the first rover to operate there since the Soviet Lunokhod 2 ceased operations on 11 May 1973.[7]
The rover encountered operational difficulties after the first 14-day lunar night (after about a month on the Moon), and was unable to move after the end of the second lunar night, though it continued to gather useful information for some months afterward.[8]
In October 2015, Yutu set the record for the longest operational period for a rover on the Moon.[9]
On 31 July 2016, Yutu ceased to operate after a total of 31 months, well beyond its original expected lifespan of three months.
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First lunar day
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Yutu completed checks on 23 December to ensure that it was prepared for the coming lunar night, and moved about 40 metres south of the lander.[33] The lander was also tested the following day. The lander entered sleep mode first, at around 11 am China Standard Time on 25 December, followed by the rover at 5:23 am on 26 December. Both had to withstand the extreme cold of the two-week-long lunar nights.[19][34]
Second lunar day
On 11 January 2014, following the lunar night, the rover and lander were taken out of sleep mode,[35] and on 16 January the rover completed its first examination of the lunar soil.[36] On 25 January 2014, near the end of the second lunar day, China's state media announced that the rover had undergone a "mechanical control abnormality" and stated that the problem was caused by the "complicated lunar surface environment".[37]
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China's lunar program spokesman Pei Zhaoyu declared that although Yutu was able to communicate, "it still suffers a mechanical control abnormality."[8]
The rover entered its third hibernation period on 22 February. It was still unable to move and serious technical troubles persisted that hampered science operations.[48]
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So, it is kind of like landing somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean and then claiming that Hawaii doesn't exist because you couldn't find it.
In other word, it is
Bull Shit.
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