Post by jdv on Jan 8, 2024 19:23:03 GMT -5
Why, it's almost like it's really super hard to go to the moon or something....
"The first US moon landing attempt in more than 50 years appeared to be doomed after a private company’s spacecraft developed a “critical” fuel leak just hours after Monday’s launch.
Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic Technology managed to orient its uncrewed lander towards the sun so the solar panel could collect sunlight and charge its battery, as a special team assessed the status of what was termed “a failure in the propulsion system”.
It soon became apparent, however, that there was “a critical loss of fuel”, further dimming hope for what had been a planned moon landing on February 23."
Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic Technology managed to orient its uncrewed lander towards the sun so the solar panel could collect sunlight and charge its battery, as a special team assessed the status of what was termed “a failure in the propulsion system”.
It soon became apparent, however, that there was “a critical loss of fuel”, further dimming hope for what had been a planned moon landing on February 23."
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"Dimming hope" = zero chance of success as all the fuel needed to actually land on the moon is floating off in space.
Throw in some the footage 6 months ago from the Indian lunar probe which looked slightly less real then the 3rd season of LOST IN SPACE, and it once again has people questioning whether or not it was even slightly possible to land people on the moon 55 years ago.
Answer - obviously no, but hey the story's so good let's run with it.
This latest fiasco throws yet more cold water on the idea of men on the moon by the end of the decade, or perhaps ever, as the only supposed path through the man-killing radiation of the Van Allen Belt was "accidentally" erased by NASA years ago.
Oopsy!
In any event, there certainly won't be anyone going to Mars in the 2030's, much less this decade, when going to the moon still seems all but impossible.
You know, except for that first around.
