cm0002@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoAthena spacecraft declared dead after toppling over on moonwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1243arrow-down12cross-posted to: showerthoughts@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.mlspace@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1241arrow-down1external-linkAthena spacecraft declared dead after toppling over on moonwww.theguardian.comcm0002@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square51fedilinkcross-posted to: showerthoughts@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.mlspace@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 days agoNah, solar is the obvious choice in space near the sun, and by not borking it up by landing sideways in a crater on the south pole of the moon. Very limited scope for solar power, it don’t work after landing sideways in a crater on the south pole. Edit: By the way, our next lunar eclipse is in 6 days, do you really think that thing would go uninterrupted, even if it did land correctly?
Nah, solar is the obvious choice in space near the sun, and by not borking it up by landing sideways in a crater on the south pole of the moon.
Very limited scope for solar power, it don’t work after landing sideways in a crater on the south pole.
Edit: By the way, our next lunar eclipse is in 6 days, do you really think that thing would go uninterrupted, even if it did land correctly?