Japan’s moon landing picture might be the space photo of the decade::undefined

  • Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.world
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    9 months ago

    The company [that helped build the rover] is perhaps most famous for originally creating the Transformers, the alien robots that can disguise themselves as machines

    So, Transformers on moon confirmed.

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      9 months ago

      I’m surprised they didn’t blame the crash on the Decepticons!

      … actually it was caused by one of the engines falling off! (or the nossle anyway)

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        9 months ago

        Doh! Well, at least next time they’ll know they should design it so that the engines don’t fall off. Maybe add some tape and push it harder against the frame for a few seconds so it knows it’s meant to remain there.

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    9 months ago

    Furthermore, there are no GPS systems on the moon to help guide a craft to its landing spot.

    The fact that this line is in the article just reminds me how dumb tech illiterate most people are.

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      9 months ago

      I’m willing to let that one pass just because it’s something people have gotten so used to here that it’s likely taken for granted by many. I’m guessing that line got far more, “oh right, duh” reactions than, “wait what!?” ones.

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      9 months ago

      I personally think this should be one of our priorities while planning a permanent base. If we start with a constellation of gps/communications satellites, it will make everything else so much easier.

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    9 months ago

    Heh I love the photo artifacts. It’s like holograms on a fake ID

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    9 months ago

    So at this point, we’ve been there in person. We fully understand the atmosphere, the gravity, and the topology. We have laser range finding, lidar, stereoscopic vision. Trajectory and velocity are both more or less solved problems by this point, right?.. Right? There’s only 2.7 seconds of light delay. How have we screwed up so many landings?