• infinitepcg@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    it happened again with the Intuitive Machines lander that landed on the moon last week

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      8 months ago

      The Intuitive Machines lander issue was that no one disarmed the safety switch on the laser guidance system. (No, really!) Luckily NASA had a backup system installed that ended up working better anyway.

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        8 months ago

        that ended up working better anyway

        Not sure if it ended up working better, as it landed with nonzero horizontal velocity. Though I suppose we’ll never know how well the original system would have performed…