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[i]...it was not reported exactly when Yutu had 'died', what had happened and how it was ascertained during lunar nighttime - gbtimes called the SASTIND media centre. The answer was surprising: "Yutu did not die but is in hibernation. It only stopped detecting work on July 28." Elaborating, the source said that: "Being dead would mean losing contact with the ground and all its signals ceasing. Yutu still has signals." "According to procedures, Yutu will wake up this month, but whether it can continue to work will be determined by the conditions then. Maybe it will give us a surprise." It seems that Yutu is currently more retired than deceased, and could yet wake up, with its plutonium heaters apparently protecting its internal electronics during hibernation.[/i]
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