China launches Tianwen-2 mission to sample near Earth asteroid China launched its second planetary exploration mission Wednesday, sending Tianwen-2 to sample a near Earth asteroid and later survey a main belt comet.
I also just learned it’s named for a 2300 year old poem which asks questions like “who witnessed the creation of the universe, in order to write it down?” and “how far does the sun travel in a day?”
It really is! I knew “Tian” so i could tell it would be appropriate but this prompted me to actually look up a translation. That’s so good!
(“Heavenly questions” for anyone wondering)
I also just learned it’s named for a 2300 year old poem which asks questions like “who witnessed the creation of the universe, in order to write it down?” and “how far does the sun travel in a day?”
hell yeah