India fails to re-establish communication with its Moon probe::undefined

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    1 year ago

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

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      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.