ispace HAKUTO-R mission to Lunar surface - 25th of April 2023.

[mikegarrison]

5 hours ago, tater said:

https://ispace-inc.com/news-en/?p=4655

Brought insufficient propellants. Oops.

Been there, done that in KSP.

[tater]

Now we wait for the bizarre mission to pick the wreckage up whole, and return it to Earth. For reasons.

[kerbiloid]

Spoiler

 

[AckSed]

I just want to tell people that not only is M2 being prepped, ispace's Lead Assembly, Testing, and Integration engineer is called Scott Moon.

[SunlitZelkova]

8 hours ago, AckSed said:

I just want to tell people that not only is M2 being prepped, ispace's Lead Assembly, Testing, and Integration engineer is called Scott Moon.

Sounds like an anime character name, and in a good way.

[tater]

http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/1302

 

crash site

[tater]

 

[darthgently]

4 hours ago, tater said:

 

Given the low cost and low mass of memory I'm a bit surprised the software didn't refer to an on board altimetry map and accommodate the crater ridge in the reading.  The crater ridge readings ideally would have been fused in to give them a better position and velocity fix. Ideally

[StrandedonEarth]

Bad luck and incomplete simulations. Space is so freakin hard....

[steve9728]

Lesson I learn: simulate experiments many times on Earth, redundant fuel, backup plan and double check (usually more than 'double') is extremely important for all the space program