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<p><strong>By Roger Waters, Space Correspondent</strong></p>
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<p><strong>China today shocked the world by revealing its latest lunar explorer spacecraft had discovered an old Pink Floyd album.</strong></p>
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<p>The extraordinary news means the Chinese have finally caught up with quirky British prog rock tastes from 1973.</p>
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<p>The <g class="gr_ gr_42 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace" id="42" data-gr-id="42">Chang'e</g> 4 spacecraft touched down on Thursday morning Beijing time, official China Central Television reported.</p>
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<p>Moments later, the first sounds of the <em>Dark Side of the Moon</em> album were beamed back to boffins at the Chinese Space Agency. First <em>Breathe</em>, then <em>Great Gig in the Sky</em>, followed by <em>Money</em>.</p>
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<p>British space expert Lorraine Fisher, 34, said: "The Chinese couldn't believe what they were hearing.</p>
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<p>"Under a strict regime of state censorship, they had never heard of Pink Floyd before, let alone the <em>Dark Side of the Moon</em> album.</p>
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<p>"The country has now taken <g class="gr_ gr_3 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear Grammar only-ins doubleReplace replaceWithoutSep" id="3" data-gr-id="3">prog</g> rock to its heart and assumes all western songs must be at least 13 minutes long."</p>
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<p>The album is one of the biggest selling albums of all time, enjoyed by generations of men in their bedrooms when they've got nothing better to do.</p>
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<p>The mission heralds China's plan to become a global superpower in space exploration.</p>
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<p>It is already planning a new mission to Mars, where it hopes to prove if the rumours of the existence of a David Bowie hit single are true.</p>
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