From: runningman@writeable.com   
      
   On 23/02/2024 21:51 Alain Fournier  wrote:   
   > On 2024-02-23 6:34 p.m., Snidely wrote:   
   >> On Friday, Snidely exclaimed wildly:   
   >>> After serious thinking Alain Fournier wrote :   
   >>>> Intuitive Machines had a lander touchdown on the moon a little over   
   >>>> an hour ago.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Unfortunately communications with the spacecraft seem to be iffy.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Alain Fournier   
   >>>   
   >>> Faint signal detected after several minutes, with both ground and   
   >>> robot systems expected to cycle, perhaps several times.   
   >>>   
   >>> We're now about an hour into the IM/NASA post-landing news   
   >>> conference.? I've just got onto the stream, and a quick thumbnail scan   
   >>> doesn't seem to have any imaging from the lander ... I'll rewind and   
   >>> watch more carefully, but ....   
   >>>   
   >>> There's a hint where I jumped in that antenna orientation on the   
   >>> lander is part of the issue.   
   >>   
   >> I've now gone back to the point where they talk about catching a toe and   
   >> tipping over and being propped up by a rock.? Might affect antenna aiming.   
   >   
   > Japan's SLIM tipped over and now Odysseus. Staying up right on an   
   > unprepared surface is not always that easy. That might be a problem for   
   > SpaceX's Starship HLS. Starship being very tall, that might make it more   
   > prone to tipping over.   
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   >   
   > Alain Fournier   
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   Somewhat disappointing that they couldn't stick the landing, despite having a   
   functional LIDAR and Obstacle Avoidance System.   
      
   They couldn't measure the horizontal speed for some reason? Or attitude (this   
   could explain the horizontal speed component)?   
      
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