Intuitive Machines? Odysseus lunar lander captures a wide field of view image of Schomberger crater on the Moon, in this handout picture released February 23, 2024. Intuitive Machines/Handout via REUTERSHas anyone talked to Hank Johnson for his thoughts on this matter?
Intuitive Machines? Odysseus lunar lander captures a wide field of view image of Schomberger crater on the Moon, in this handout picture released February 23, 2024. Intuitive Machines/Handout via REUTERSCan it get one of those “I’ve fallen and can’t get up” alert devices?
It’s just resting for a bit. It was a long drive.
The company knew they had a problem last night. Very limited communication. No high speed communication. Many people speculated that it may have tipped over. The media completely ignore that there was a problem. see my previous comment(different thread) for a link to the space.com version of this article.
Cow tippers at work.
Hats off to Neil Armstrong!
It tipped because the moon is flat liketheearth?
Landing is much easier (and safer) in a studio! You can even drive around in ready-to-drive dune buggies and make phone calls to the president! And NO RADIATION!
Their press conference was unintentional comedy gold. Listening to the obvious, and endless, marketing-driven happy talk spin, while the model of the lander was sitting there sideways, was hilarious. If Saturday Night Live was still funny, I could easily envision the skit they would do about it.
I realize that gravity on the moon is much less than here, but couldn’t they have put the heavy parts at the bottom, in a half-sphere bowl, and not used any legs? That way, like the inflatable clown that bounces right back up after a punch is thrown, it could have naturally righted itself.
humm. fortunate for them that the robot lander survived tipping over. i thought something went wrong when listening to the live feed. they were acting kind of flumoxed for about 15 minutes after projected touchdown.
Back in January, a test Moon lander named SLIM landed on the Moon. Even though it landed upside down, it still functioned. It deployed 2 tiny rovers, one of the rovers is shaped like a ball. It was able to take photos of the upside-down SLIM.
Remember, much of the current activity is testing and proof-of-concept experimentation. Even the mighty Starship and Superheavy are still in the development/testing stages.
Before the Mercury astronauts climbed on top of the rocket, I remember many rocket tests where the rocket exploded. The bravery of those first spacemen was incredible.
Time to rename “Odysseus” as “Brandon.”
Just like Odysseus, stranded on a beach, waiting to be rescued by Nausicaa and her retinue of fair maidens.
I’ve fallen, and I can’t get up
The landing was as goofy as the head of NASA
Derp ping