Peregrine lander: American Moon mission destroyed over Pacific Ocean

BBC ^ | 18th January 2024, 04:41 CST | By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent

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A US spacecraft launched last week to try to land on the Moon has ended its mission in flames over the Pacific.

Peregrine One suffered a propulsion fault that scuppered any prospect of a lunar touch-down and it was commanded to destroy itself instead. The private operator, Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic, directed the craft into Earth's atmosphere to burn up. A tracking station in Canberra, Australia, confirmed loss of signal with Peregrine at 20:59 GMT.

Little or no remains of Peregrine were expected to survive intact to the ocean surface. And even if they did, they should have impacted far away from any population.

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Peregrine Plunges Pacific Ping!..................

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Fools thought they could do it without Stanley. Kubrick.

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If only they had some duct tape....................

[Right Brother]

I hate when things get scuppered.

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They could. It’s been done before. ;) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3776826/

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You mean scuttled.

Scupper is an opening on a ship at deck level to allow water to run off................

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D. E. I.

[Right Brother]

Read the second paragraph.

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das Ende ist

[Red Badger]

It’s British. Maybe they have a different meaning for that word...................

[dadfly]

i guess they didn’t have enough ‘right stuff’ to ‘work a solution.’

[montanajoe]

Wonder it the human ashes are blowing in the wind....

[Red Badger]

Yep, I looked it up, the informal British use is: To prevent something from happening.................

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What didn’t sink into the ocean............

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ORIGIN OF SCUPPER

First recorded in 1880–85; originally British military slang “to massacre, slaughter”; further origin uncertain

[TribalPrincess2U]

What’s the 3 Ps?

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Price

Price

Price

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(A US spacecraft launched last week to try to land on the Moon has ended its mission in flames over the Pacific)

Only about 240,000 miles off.

C’mon man!!