Greetings from Space for the Olympic Games

2008-08-08 11:28:42 [ Big Normal Small ]    　Comment

Chang'e I, China's first lunar orbiter, will sing out a welcome for the Beijing Olympic Games from 380,000 kilometers away from Earth.

The orbiter will play Beethoven's "Ode to Joy," along with thirty famous Chinese songs chosen by the public, on the opening day of the Olympics, China News Service reports.

An audio recording in both Chinese and English will proclaim, "Today, China's capital, Beijing, becomes the most brilliant city in the world. The XXIX Olympic Games opens in the city. The Green Olympics, High-tech Olympics and Humanistic Olympics will be presented."

The splendid Chinese civilization will be shown to the people throughout the world along, with the concept of 'New Beijing, Great Olympics.' The report said.

All the songs and audio records were prepared before Chang'e I launched late last year.

The satellite has been orbiting the moon for nine months and nine days. As of 2 p.m. on August 1, it had sent back more than 700 hours of data to two receiving stations in Beijing and Kunming.

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