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A look at the previous lunar missions [1] should give an idea. There have been 7 lander missions since 1976 (not including impactors): - 3 by China: All succes
by goku12 3y ago
A look at the previous lunar missions [1] should give an idea. There have been 7 lander missions since 1976 (not including impactors):
- 3 by China: All success
- 1 by Japan (along with a rover from UAE): Failed
- 1 by Israel: Failed
- 1 by Russia: Failed
- 2 by India: Previous one failed. This one succeeded
I can see why the entire world would be excited by something like this. I hope that there will be routine landings by different players and that the landing guidance would be perfected.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_missions_to_the_Moon#Missions_by_date https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_missions_to_the_Moon#M...
- FpUser 3y agowhy 1976 is a starting point? Why not counting successful Lunokhod rover missions? Looks like you're trying to to fit facts to narrative.
- goku12 3y agoThere was a fervent space race before that. Do you believe that anybody forgot about the countless interplanetary missions before that? Every time someone tries to collect data points, someone like you will start accusing vested interests rather than argue the reasons behind the data. Edit: Added later: Consider these questions: 1. Russia's lunar missions were all done in 18 years until Luna 24. Why did they then wait 47 years for Luna 25? 2. The US's last lander mission and manned mission was in 1972 (Apollo 17). Why do they want to restart it again after waiting more than half a century? Or am I making this up too? The simple fact is that the current lunar missions are undertaken by an entirely new generation. Those from 1976 has long retired. That's good enough to consider them as two separate timelines.
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- Pidaymou 3y agoActually 3 by India. 1- was an orbiter: Success 2- Orbiter+ lander&rover: Partial success, orbiter succeed but lander crashed. 3- Lander&rover: Succesful.