NTD: A Japanese company lost contact with its spacecraft moments before touchdown on the moon Wednesday, saying the mission had apparently failed.
Communications ceased as the lander descended the final 33 feet (10 meters), traveling around 16 mph (25 kph). Flight controllers peered at their screens in Tokyo, expressionless, as minutes went by with no word from the lander, which is presumed to have crashed.
“We have to assume that we could not complete the landing on the lunar surface,” said Takeshi Hakamada, founder and CEO of the company, ispace.
An hour later, he said he could not confirm the lander had crashed, telling The Associated Press that engineers should have a better idea later in the day of what went wrong.
If all had gone well, his company would have been the first private business to pull off a lunar landing. Hakamada vowed to try again, saying a second moonshot is already in the works for next year, regardless of Wednesday’s outcome. MORE
“Tokyo Company Loses Contact With Moon Lander…”
…but the lander DID make contact with the Moon, so there’s that…
Unplanned Rapid Disassembly… otherwise known as SPLAT!
WONG !
The moon will be the hub for spare parts. I’ve witnessed the chimp in space, supposed moon landing, disasters, and Mars is in your dreams. There’s a reason why humans are bound to this earth, so far it fits our needs. We’re constantly creating life on earth, we’re not created to live anywhere else but earth. There’s always someone dying and someone being born, and billions of wasted money. We’re not fit to live anywhere else.
16mph “landing” speed? A Toyota bumper can take that impact. Maybe they should have used that technology.
Goldenfoxx AT 9:43 AM
” We’re not fit to live anywhere else.’
…but, but, they promised!
https://youtu.be/GfUJjWo6eO4?t=157
…here’s the names of the folks that were in charge of the landing…
https://youtu.be/CaOkTKfxu44?t=10
@Goldenfoxx
AT 9:43 AM:
“… supposed moon landings…”
Seriously, dude?
here’s the names of the folks that were in charge of the landing…
There’s a big difference between Japanese and Chinese names, genius.
Wow! You did a copy and paste that wasn’t 75 paragraphs long. Amazing.
Maybe the moon dust was deeper than expected?
Maybe it’s down 30 feet below and encased in Moon Sand.
Can’t transmit In oort Out.
Good try though.