- cross-posted to:
- astronomy@mander.xyz
- space@lemmy.world
- becomeme@sh.itjust.works
- cross-posted to:
- astronomy@mander.xyz
- space@lemmy.world
- becomeme@sh.itjust.works
Japan’s moon landing picture might be the space photo of the decade::undefined
Japan’s moon landing picture might be the space photo of the decade::undefined
So at this point, we’ve been there in person. We fully understand the atmosphere, the gravity, and the topology. We have laser range finding, lidar, stereoscopic vision. Trajectory and velocity are both more or less solved problems by this point, right?.. Right? There’s only 2.7 seconds of light delay. How have we screwed up so many landings?
… because it’s literally rocket science?