New lunar rover to lose 100 kilograms

时间：2007-10-16 07:31:07

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The model of Chang'e No.1, China's first moon probe satellite, has been displayed at the Ninth China High-Tech1 Fair being held in Shenzhen.
 
Chinanews, Shenzhen, Oct. 16 – The model of Chang'e No.1, China's first moon probe satellite, has been displayed at the Ninth China High-Tech Fair being held in Shenzhen. Behind Chang'e No.1, there is a small golden vehicle. The small vehicle is called the lunar rover. It is a core device that will be used during the second stage of China's moon probe program. The vehicle will be launched to the moon in 2013.

 

The lunar rover is built in a rectangular shape and covered with a golden-colored film all over its body. The vehicle has six wheels. The top cover of the vehicle is opened and equipped with a solar cell board on each of its two sides. A pair of 3D, high-definition video camera is placed in front. In the middle part of the vehicle, there is an antenna2 and a signal receptor. A mechanical arm is built at the back.

 

This is the second time that the lunar rover is displayed to the public. A year ago, it made its debut3 show at the Zhuhai Air Show. Right now, the lunar rover is still at its research stage.

 

At present, the lunar rover weighs 200 kilograms. In future, scientists will try to reduce its weight to about 100 kilograms. Scientists will also try to improve the design of the wheels to make sure that the lunar rover is able to move around on the surface of the moon.

 

Chang'e No.1 is designed and made by the China Academy of Space Technology. It is in a cubic shape, measuring 2.22 meters long, 1.72 meters wide and 2.2 meters tall. The solar board is equipped on either side of the vehicle so that when extending to its full length, the vehicle can have a span width of 18 meters, about the size of two rooms; with the lengths of the two solar cells being included. Chang'e No.1 can work for one year and it will be launched to fly around the polar orbit 200 kilometers away from the moon.

 

Since Chang'e No. 1 will fly around the lunar polar orbit, it can shoot photograph every corner of the moon, making it become more advanced than the moon probe satellite made in Japan, said Jia Yang, head of the lunar rover research team at the China Academy of Space Technology.

 

Chang'e No. 1 will mostly be used to take 3D pictures about the moon surface, analyze4 the distribution features of materials on the moon, explore the depth of the lunar soil and the space environment between the earth and the moon. At present, the moon probe satellite has been placed at the Xichang Satellite Launching Center, ready for the launch.

 

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1 high-tech high-tech     
adj.高科技的
参考例句：
  • The economy is in the upswing which makes high-tech services in more demand too.经济在蓬勃发展，这就使对高科技服务的需求量也在加大。
  • The quest of a cure for disease with high-tech has never ceased. 人们希望运用高科技治疗疾病的追求从未停止过。
2 antenna QwTzN     
n.触角，触须；天线
参考例句：
  • The workman fixed the antenna to the roof of the house.工人把天线固定在房顶上。
  • In our village, there is an antenna on every roof for receiving TV signals.在我们村里，每家房顶上都有天线接收电视信号。
3 debut IxGxy     
n.首次演出，初次露面
参考例句：
  • That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
  • The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。
4 analyze RwUzm     
vt.分析，解析 (=analyse)
参考例句：
  • We should analyze the cause and effect of this event.我们应该分析这场事变的因果。
  • The teacher tried to analyze the cause of our failure.老师设法分析我们失败的原因。

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