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The recent japanese lander had something like this happen a while back. The altitude radar noticed a sudden 2km drop in ground-level, and the system assumed it
by extraduder_ire 3y ago
The recent japanese lander had something like this happen a while back. The altitude radar noticed a sudden 2km drop in ground-level, and the system assumed it was broken and stopped using that data.
Turns out it just flew over a cliff edge that actually does that. Completely by accident.
- jvm___ 3y agoThey picked a new landing site late in the program and didn't get the topography near that site, or run enough combinations through the software in test.