Private Japanese lunar lander closing in on unexplored top of the moon
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/private-japanese-lunar-lander-ispace-moon-far-north-resilience-tenacious/
Private Japanese lunar lander closing in on unexplored top of the moon
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/private-japanese-lunar-lander-ispace-moon-far-north-resilience-tenacious/
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‘top’ of the moon? where is the top of a sphere in a 3d space ?
Top and bottom can be political or cultural. There are earth globes that exist with the southern hemisphere at the top. I guess the moon can be like this too.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/South-up_map_orientation
Data dropout, past the landing time, came in way too fast on the last telemetry reading, and a lot of worried controllers 🙁
Sorry guys
The moon has been absolutely mowing through all these little landers.
Is USA going to lose the race to the moon to Japan too?