Two reasons to be excited. First, that China landed lunar rover on
moon, and second, that the CNN article lists three normal measures
without dumbing down with parenthetical equivalents. See article here:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/14/world/asia/china-moon-landing/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 and
enjoy.
. . . soil samples to a depth of 30 meters.
Weighing 140 kilograms, the slow-moving rover . . .
. . . lowest point just 15 kilometers off the lunar surface . . .
Alas, they did dumb these two measures down for American readers:
. . . when temperatures plunge as low as -180°C (-292°F).
. . . reached the moon's orbit at 100 kilometers (about 60 miles) from . . .
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