[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

"A spacecraft carrying a piece of technology developed by British scientists has run into trouble.

Peregrine Mission-1 is the first US rocket due to land on the Moon’s surface since Apollo 17 in 1972, but it may now not be able to proceed.

The Astrobotic company behind the project says an ‘anomaly’ has stopped it from pointing its solar panels at the Sun, leaving it without the ability to charge its batteries.

I thought they learned their lesson with the first mars rover and the asteroid lander and would begin to use low level nuclear power for energy. (In addition to Solar arrays.)

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-science-heads-to-moon-on-first-us-private-robotic-artemis-flight/
"Peregrine is scheduled to land on the Moon on Friday, Feb. 23, and will spend approximately 10 days gathering valuable scientific data studying Earth’s nearest neighbor and helping pave the way for the first woman and first person of color to explore the Moon under Artemis. Learn more about NASA’s CLPS initiative at:

https://www.nasa.gov/clps"

There we go...advancing DEI that was the important thing, that and making Muslims feel better about themsellves! (Who is this Artemis person?? I shot a spacecraft into the air and where it lands I know not where!))

[hoosierham]

Oh no,we can’t use PROVEN,RELIABLE,LONG LASTING nuclear power on spacecraft.