India fails to re-establish communication with its Moon probe - EFE Noticias
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New Delhi, Sep 22 (EFE).- The Indian space agency reported on Friday that it tried, without success so far, to re-establish communication with the probe it sent a month ago to the south pole of the Moon, ending the hope that the vehicle could withstand the low temperatures of the lunar night. “Ef

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  • weedazz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3911·
    1 year ago

    Im only half joking here but I bet the problem is because the probe is trying to send a signal to India, but modi already had them change everything to say Bharat so now the probe can’t communicate with an unknown server or something

  • wellDuuh@lemmy.worldEnglish
    52·
    1 year ago

    How did NASA handle the comms with Curiosity? Maan you’ve got to appreciate NASAs engineuity

    • PetDinosaurs@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      1 year ago

      Mars has an atmosphere and a more typical day length. It doesn’t get that cold there.

      The length of a day on the moon is 29.5 earth days, and there’s no atmosphere.

      The rover spent 14 days *in total darkness and cold

      Electronics don’t survive that. Weird shit happens when it gets that cold. Not to mention something simple like thermal expansion breaking a trace.