Astrobotics moon mission not going great

[NowYou'rePlayingWithPower]

 

[Dan Gleesak]

Well to further expand on Japan being “semi successful” with their moon mission, the lander did land within the intended 100 meter area, which is pretty incredible.
Unfortunately however, the lander landed upside down lol, which is mostly likely why the solar panels are not working as they were intended to.
One of their rovers captured this picture

It’s believed that part of the propulsion system had fallen off during landing which caused the incorrect orientation

There is a chance that they will catch some sunlight in the coming days which will help them record more data, but once lunar might hits that area it will be far too cold for it to boot back up

 

[VonBonfire]

LOL

Millions of dollars and you get a camera with bigfoot level autofocus.

 

[Ben Waylin]

bigfoot

 

[Dan Gleesak]

LOL

Millions of dollars and you get a camera with bigfoot level autofocus.

the entire "rover" is the size of a baseball so it's not bad really.

 

[japetus]

Let's face it, man.

You try to crap on Christians and Christianity here on a daily basis.. but your religion (of which you are oblivious) is essentially a "cargo cult", bowing down before a group of 3,200 billionaires that control every government on the planet.

Cargo Cults can be cool. I used to know this guy named John from...fuck I can't remember where now .

 

[Ben Waylin]

Cargo Cults can be cool. I used to know this guy named John from...fuck I can't remember where now .

 

[japetus]

Great song from one of the best local bands around here ever, actually a great album

 

[VonBonfire]

the entire "rover" is the size of a baseball so it's not bad really.

My $60 Samsung takes better photos. I don't believe these are genuine lunar images.

 

[Dan Gleesak]

My $60 Samsung takes better photos. I don't believe these are genuine lunar images.

I’m not sure a better quality image would change your mind anyways

 

[Ben Waylin]

I’m not sure a better quality image would change your mind anyways

 

[VonBonfire]

I’m not sure a better quality image would change your mind anyways

This is true.

 

[Dan Gleesak]

Yea totally

 

[Ben Waylin]

Yea totally

Eyes wide shut.

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[Dan Gleesak]

Eyes wide shut.

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Yep

 

[Dan Gleesak]

This is true.

Several years back Japan took some nice photos with actual high definition lenses. Not from ON the moon, but from it’s orbit

https://www.darts.isas.jaxa.jp/plan...TV_PRODUCT&LOCALE=en&DISPLAY_ORDER=PRODUCT_ID


This might be my favorite of the bunch

 

[Bad Brain]

the entire "rover" is the size of a baseball so it's not bad really.

C'mon, show 'em a pic of the star wars rover Better yet, video

 

[Dan Gleesak]

C'mon, show 'em a pic of the star wars rover Better yet, video

That’s the thing with the camera so it’ll be hard to get a photo of it I imagine

 

[Bad Brain]

That’s the thing with the camera so it’ll be hard to get a photo of it I imagine

No there’s a test video from here on earth. I LOVE it ?

 

[Dan Gleesak]

No there’s a test video from here on earth. I LOVE it ?

Well that’s cool. I read that a toy company designed it or something like that