They kinda sorta claimed victory... "our equipment is on the moon and transmitting"....
Hopefully all is well as they say they 'expected' some loss of comms.... but the above statement isn't exactly confidence inspiring
February 22, 2024, 09:41 PM
Oregon
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Originally posted by apf383: NASDAQ: LUNR $8.28 -1.04 (-11.16%)
At this time, likely to get a lot uglier tomorrow!
Haha, it went up 32% in after hours trading.
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February 23, 2024, 10:21 AM
raggedhole
My son in law works for Intuitive and was at the landing party yesterday with my daughter and their kids. Pretty cool.
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February 23, 2024, 11:12 AM
Blume9mm
I missed it... had to set my wife up for a zoom meeting for her coven meeting.... what is the final word?
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February 23, 2024, 12:03 PM
Loswsmith
Its transmitting on the Moon. They are proceeding carefully to get everything up to mission parameters.
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February 27, 2024, 04:10 PM
apf383
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Originally posted by Oregon:
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Originally posted by apf383: NASDAQ: LUNR $8.28 -1.04 (-11.16%)
At this time, likely to get a lot uglier tomorrow!
Haha, it went up 32% in after hours trading.
Still holding at 6 3/4 Hathaway?
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February 27, 2024, 04:38 PM
nhtagmember
I think that they did extraordinarily well for their first trip to the rodeo. I expect them to try again in perhaps a year but have a chat with SpaceX regarding autonomous landing technology.
They almost got it right.
February 28, 2024, 01:22 PM
ftttu
I would assume that the very nature of a craft landing in a zero to low atmosphere environment would have a more low center of gravity than this lander. I’d say this craft was just too top heavy for the lateral movement.
As y’all know, these landers are screaming around in orbit at high speeds until the engine is fired forward to slow it down, causing descent. Eventually, the craft can turn to where the engine is firing downward to keep aloft. During that time, it is still zipping along laterally above the surface.
I’m still amazed our manned lunar landings all went without a major hitch way back then with the technology of the day. I’m no rocket scientist, but again, it just looked too top heavy of a design for that environment.
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February 29, 2024, 09:05 AM
trapper189
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Originally posted by nhtagmember: I think that they did extraordinarily well for their first trip to the rodeo. I expect them to try again in perhaps a year but have a chat with SpaceX regarding autonomous landing technology.
They almost got it right.
The SpaceX rockets use GPS and have flat, smooth, hard surfaces with giant targets painted on them to land on.
February 29, 2024, 10:49 AM
nhtagmember
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Originally posted by trapper189:
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Originally posted by nhtagmember: I think that they did extraordinarily well for their first trip to the rodeo. I expect them to try again in perhaps a year but have a chat with SpaceX regarding autonomous landing technology.
They almost got it right.
except when they're landing on the drone ships which are moving in two different planes simultaneously, sometimes three if there are swells
but yes, GPS helps a lot positionally, but radar or laser altimeters will give more accurate height info
The SpaceX rockets use GPS and have flat, smooth, hard surfaces with giant targets painted on them to land on.
