Comment on Athena spacecraft declared dead after toppling over on moon
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoWell, if we have boots on the moon, at that point we don’t need probes like these. At that point you just drop a sensor, or whatever experiment you want directly on the surface.
veeesix@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
I was looking at it from the perspective of all the failed probes we’ve sent and whether or not the lost costs/missions could be recouped or completed somehow.
snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Depends on how long it sits there, the lunar surface has a pretty wide range of temperatures that cause wear, lots of radiation and the regolith is quite abrasive. But realistically by the time something gets there that could put it back it’ll probably not be worth it from anything but a historical standpoint.
veeesix@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
I hadn’t considered the damage from radiation. Thanks for the perspective.