Intuitive Machines used mission lasers to replace the craft lasers needed to measure distance during landing on the lunar surface

neptune@dmv.social · 9 months ago

Intuitive Machines used mission lasers to replace the craft lasers needed to measure distance during landing on the lunar surface

SergeantScar@lemmy.world · 9 months ago

Saw in some article the reason for their lasers not working was they forgot to flip a physical switch on the spacecraft in preflight checkout… Yikes,…

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 9 months ago

Yup, that must be a pretty embarrassing mistake for whatever hardware team was in charge of that switch. The software team really saved the day on this one. I still can’t believe that they rewrote the navigation software on the fly, uploaded it to the lander, and it worked!