Can Unmaned probes break?

[jkool702]

I just had an unmanned probe do something very strange....somehow it got stuck in an orientation such that both its solar panels got zero sunlight while it was out of power, leading it to not be able to move to reorient itself into the sunlight. It finally got just a hint of sunlight and i was able to rotate it to recharge the batteries, but afterwards the SAS on the satellite was broken...The little "SAS" light would turn on but all the options disappeared (it was a model with all the options). It wouldn't even stabilize itself, and is slowly spinning more and more out of control. Is this supposed to happen, or is this yet another bug?

[Grumman]

I think I've had this bug happen before as well. Mine was on the surface, though, and the SAS stopped working after I time accelerated to get to dawn.

[Mic_n]

Just in case: "control from here" on the probe core in question? It might have 'lost' that when it de-powered or something, dunno. Just guessing.

[jkool702]

Just in case: "control from here" on the probe core in question? It might have 'lost' that when it de-powered or something, dunno. Just guessing.

That actually worked. Good call!