@cm0002@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month agoAthena spacecraft declared dead after toppling over on moonwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: showerthoughts@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareCethinlinkfedilinkEnglish0•1 month agoI’m pretty sure they didn’t expect it to land sideways. Yeah, there are a lot of craters. They can be avoided. Check out how Firefly’s guidance system was able to change landing locations to avoid hazards.
minus-square@over_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish0•1 month agoI don’t need to check Firefly’s guidance system. The Athena team should check into that though, apparently this is their second similar failure. Send them the email, not me, I’m just a nobody.
minus-squareCethinlinkfedilinkEnglish0•1 month agoI meant check it out if you want to be informed. Otherwise, why comment if you’re admitting you are wilfully ignorant?
I’m pretty sure they didn’t expect it to land sideways. Yeah, there are a lot of craters. They can be avoided. Check out how Firefly’s guidance system was able to change landing locations to avoid hazards.
I don’t need to check Firefly’s guidance system. The Athena team should check into that though, apparently this is their second similar failure.
Send them the email, not me, I’m just a nobody.
I meant check it out if you want to be informed. Otherwise, why comment if you’re admitting you are wilfully ignorant?