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USA's Odysseus moon lander tipped over
Feb 25^th, 2024 at 7:25pm

The spin doctors are busy calling the project a success.

If it had been manned, the passengers would be dead. There were several other technical problems during the mission.

Has the USA lost the ability to do space after 50 years of space science and engineering torpor?

Future astronauts must be extremely nervous after the last two failures.

Perhaps the US should subcontract space projects to the Chinese.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/02/24/odysseus-moon-lander-tippe...

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Odysseus moon lander tipped over on its side during historic mission. How did that happen?

The lunar lander Odysseus successfully resides on the moon, just as its namesake, the hero in Homer's epic poem The Odyssey made it home. But the lander tipped over. That doesn't mean it failed. ...

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Setanta Gold Member Offline \/ Peace man! Posts: 17216 Northern NSW Gender:	Re: USA's Odysseus moon lander tipped over Reply #1 - Feb 25^th, 2024 at 7:35pm On Thursday, the Odysseus Moon lander made history by becoming the first ever privately built and operated robot to complete a soft lunar touchdown.
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Laugh till you cry Gold Member Offline Posts: 16619 In your happy place Gender:	Re: USA's Odysseus moon lander tipped over Reply #2 - Feb 25^th, 2024 at 8:33pm Setanta wrote on Feb 25^th, 2024 at 7:35pm: On Thursday, the Odysseus Moon lander made history by becoming the first ever privately built and operated robot to complete a soft lunar touchdown. A head-first landing is only "soft" if the head is very much harder than the surface it lands on.
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Reply #3 - Feb 25^th, 2024 at 8:52pm

Laugh till you cry wrote on Feb 25^th, 2024 at 8:33pm:

Setanta wrote on Feb 25^th, 2024 at 7:35pm:

On Thursday, the Odysseus Moon lander made history by becoming the first ever privately built and operated robot to complete a soft lunar touchdown.

A head-first landing is only "soft" if the head is very much harder than the surface it lands on.

I suspect you have had more than your share of soft landings then.

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Reply #4 - Feb 25^th, 2024 at 8:57pm

Setanta wrote on Feb 25^th, 2024 at 8:52pm:

Laugh till you cry wrote on Feb 25^th, 2024 at 8:33pm:

Setanta wrote on Feb 25^th, 2024 at 7:35pm:

On Thursday, the Odysseus Moon lander made history by becoming the first ever privately built and operated robot to complete a soft lunar touchdown.

A head-first landing is only "soft" if the head is very much harder than the surface it lands on.

I suspect you have had more than your share of soft landings then.

I suspect Setanta has had a lifetime of head-first hard landings.

Please don't thank me. Effusive fawning and obeisance of disciples, mendicants, and foot-kissers embarrass me.

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