Post by The Inspector on Feb 29, 2024 0:01:18 GMT -5
Odysseus experienced navigation issues in the hours leading up to its touchdown on the moon’s surface last Thursday. And when the vehicle reached its destination — landing in an eroded crater near the largely unexplored lunar south pole — it tripped on the surface, leaving the spacecraft leaning on its side, Intuitive Machines revealed Friday.
“We sat there upright with the engine firing for a period of time and then as (the engine) wound down, the vehicle just gently tipped over,” Altemus said.
“We sat there upright with the engine firing for a period of time and then as (the engine) wound down, the vehicle just gently tipped over,” Altemus said.
I have been following this story and the top, report of Odysseus (aka Odie) was wrong, and the second report is better,
It's a good story about the little Moon lander that could, It ran in to trouble when it got in to orbit around the moon the orbit was too low.
So Intuitive Machines mission control, went to turn on the laser rangefinder, that was going to be used to help land, ODIE, but it was not working 
, o boy, ODIE was in trouble, It was lucky it was in a bad orbit, and they had tried out the laser rangefinder, because it was slated to be turned only 5 minutes before landing, can you say crash, but ODIE got lucky, NASA was testing a new Doppler laser rangefinder, which was patched to ODIE for testing. Intuitive Machines mission control, need time to think and sent ODIE around the moon again, They were able to get the NASA Doppler laser rangefinder, in to active duty, and Odie was sent on down, to find a place for ODIE to land and to land. Odie did the best he could, because the there was a problem with how IM mission control, had patched in the NASA Lidar (is what the laser rangefinder are called,) The landing came down harder than planned, and broke one or more of its landing legs, and slid a ways, ODIE was still alive, the solar cells and antennas were not in the best placement, IM mission control had to work to get data, But the new engines had worked, and 80 percent of info they required they got.
, o boy, ODIE was in trouble, It was lucky it was in a bad orbit, and they had tried out the laser rangefinder, because it was slated to be turned only 5 minutes before landing, can you say crash, but ODIE got lucky, NASA was testing a new Doppler laser rangefinder, which was patched to ODIE for testing. Intuitive Machines mission control, need time to think and sent ODIE around the moon again, They were able to get the NASA Doppler laser rangefinder, in to active duty, and Odie was sent on down, to find a place for ODIE to land and to land. Odie did the best he could, because the there was a problem with how IM mission control, had patched in the NASA Lidar (is what the laser rangefinder are called,) The landing came down harder than planned, and broke one or more of its landing legs, and slid a ways, ODIE was still alive, the solar cells and antennas were not in the best placement, IM mission control had to work to get data, But the new engines had worked, and 80 percent of info they required they got.Now ODIE is going into the cold 2-week-long moon night, and the batteries are not likely to make it, they will check on the scrappy lander that could when the sun shines on it again.