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minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-217 hours agoNah, solar is the obvious choice in space near the sun, and by not borking it up by landing sideways in a crater on the south pole of the moon. Very limited scope for solar power, it don’t work after landing sideways in a crater on the south pole. Edit: By the way, our next lunar eclipse is in 6 days, do you really think that thing would go uninterrupted, even if it did land correctly?
minus-squareCocodapuf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-28 hours agoWe are in space near the sun… And we have successfully used solar as far out as Jupiter. Haha, no I didn’t account for lunar eclipses, but that lasts what, 2 hours? But yeah, not falling over definitely improves the whole mission. No argument there.
Nah, solar is the obvious choice in space near the sun, and by not borking it up by landing sideways in a crater on the south pole of the moon.
Very limited scope for solar power, it don’t work after landing sideways in a crater on the south pole.
Edit: By the way, our next lunar eclipse is in 6 days, do you really think that thing would go uninterrupted, even if it did land correctly?
We are in space near the sun… And we have successfully used solar as far out as Jupiter.
Haha, no I didn’t account for lunar eclipses, but that lasts what, 2 hours?
But yeah, not falling over definitely improves the whole mission. No argument there.