Stuff That’s Hard to Do

Tonight’s Double-Header

jlw says:

January 29, 2024 at 5:47 am

update on more hard to do stuff:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68125589

SLIM is back
- DougM says:
  
  January 29, 2024 at 7:05 am
  
  Good news!
  Fun question: how’d they get that pic of the failed lander?
  - jlw says:
    
    January 29, 2024 at 7:58 am
    
    they have two small rolling cameras that they managed to get out onto the surface several days ago. one of them took the picture of the lander
    - DougM says:
      
      January 29, 2024 at 10:46 am
      
      Next step would be to deploy a drone or two to capture the actual landing
  - jlw says:
    
    January 29, 2024 at 9:28 am
    
    this article has info on the cameras:
    
    https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2024/01/25/Japan-SLIM-landing-robots-moon/6391706190331/
Igor says:

January 29, 2024 at 10:13 am

Good to hear. After 14 days the lander is not guaranteed to come back alive when sunlight again hits its solar panels.

i’d say they got about 50% or more of the planned activity accomplished. Not bad for a crash landing…