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The spacecraft was also required to travel 500 meters and transmit high-def video back to earth.
by votepaunchy 9y ago
The spacecraft was also required to travel 500 meters and transmit high-def video back to earth.
- CapitalistCartr 9y agoI always thought someone would put a tiny rover, perhaps a couple of kg, there and make it work. Using non-space-rated electronics, and making it up on the shielding is pretty risky, not NASA style but I figured for sure someone would roll the dice.
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- jostmey 9y agoIf you were going to spend the enormous amount of money required to send something to the moon, you'd probably use space-rated electronics. I'm guessing the electronics make up a minuscule fraction of the cost, so why risk a super expensive mission to save a relatively small amount of money?
- CapitalistCartr 9y agoNot money; weight and time. Working with off-the-shelf components is much faster, and usually weighs less. Shielding is basically fancy foil; it weighs precious little. I used to wrap components in the Air Force and the rule was don't exceed three layers when touching it up.
- sigstoat 9y agohow would it make sense to boost more mass all the way to the moon to save on electronics cost? you can get rad hardened FPGAs, custom ICs aren't necessary.
- fouc 9y agoOr transmit high-def video back to earth from over an area of 500 meters. ( I always assumed the 'traveled' part was fungible )