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2y ago

India fails to re-establish communication with its Moon probe

India fails to re-establish communication with its Moon probe - EFE Noticias

India fails to re-establish communication with its Moon probe::undefined

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The Vikram lander and rover weren't designed to survive the lunar night so this was expected, but a loss nonetheless.
- Right? It was planned.
  14 days in really cold and dark is really harsh for any electronics. Unless it had a radio isotopes generator, I can't imagine much of anything electronics surviving.
Im only half joking here but I bet the problem is because the probe is trying to send a signal to India, but modi already had them change everything to say Bharat so now the probe can't communicate with an unknown server or something
- This has to be the most brain dead argument lmao.
How did NASA handle the comms with Curiosity? Maan you've got to appreciate NASAs engineuity
- Mars has an atmosphere and a more typical day length. It doesn't get that cold there.
  The length of a day on the moon is 29.5 earth days, and there's no atmosphere.
  The rover spent 14 days *in total darkness and cold
  Electronics don't survive that. Weird shit happens when it gets that cold. Not to mention something simple like thermal expansion breaking a trace.
  
  Er, no. Absolute zero is -273.15°C (-459.67°F) while the moon at its coldest is about -173.15°C (-297.67°F) so you’re about 100°C off.

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