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Moon lander tipped sideways on lunar surface but 'alive and well'
Reuters ^ | February 23, 20247:19 PM CST | By Steve Gorman and Joey Roulette

Posted on 02/23/2024 5:42:18 PM PST by Red Badger

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To: Red Badger

So they’ve got like 10 days before the polar night shuts off the batts. Why not, on the 10th day, fire up the engine like an artillery rocket, calculate a controlled arc to China’s Chang’e 4 rover and livestream a pay-per-view.


61 posted on 02/24/2024 8:10:12 AM PST by StAnDeliver (TrumpII)
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To: pfflier
We had a Mars lander that was incorrectly programmed in landing velocity (confusing meters and feet)

I am guessing 50/50 between a software error and a hardware error. The Juno spacecraft lost a thruster while entering Jupiter's orbit. NASA was able to salvage the mission. The Odysseus mission landed at a tough spot on the moon which is about 180 miles from the south pole.

62 posted on 02/24/2024 8:58:12 AM PST by EVO X ( )
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To: verum ago

Thank you for that long and detailed explanation. Very interesting.


63 posted on 02/24/2024 10:06:54 AM PST by Revel
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To: Red Badger

This happened to the other lander too.
Coincidence? I think not!

Maybe it was the same moon monster that attack the Apollo 18 crew... : )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZgD89VYkVc


64 posted on 02/24/2024 2:06:34 PM PST by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: Red Badger

An arrival, not a “landing.”


65 posted on 02/24/2024 10:54:41 PM PST by linMcHlp
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Announcing “Life Alert” for Lunar Landers...
(Response times may vary.)


66 posted on 02/25/2024 7:57:21 AM PST by Texan4Life
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To: conservativeimage

And it fell over... lol

I want to know why the taxpayers through NASA footed the bill for a private company to profit from this project. Let them fund it themselves. Now their loss is our loss. What a waste of money. It they had just said “no, fund it yourself”...

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4219911/posts


67 posted on 02/26/2024 4:08:18 AM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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