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It successfully released a rover while being rotated 90 degrees??? Holy shit, that is some seriously robust engineering.
by lisper 3y ago
It successfully released a rover while being rotated 90 degrees??? Holy shit, that is some seriously robust engineering.
- numpad0 3y agoLEV-1 and LEV-2 rovers are released 1.8m(6ft) above ground. Lunar gravity is 1/6th of Earth so landers can take it. After ejected they both circle around and look for the mothership autonomously, and in this instance the wheeled LEV-2 rover found what it believes to be the ship and the hopper LEV-1 rover relayed the thumbnail back to Earth via direct downlink.
- sandworm101 3y agoLunar gravity. Possibly landing in sand/dust. It wouldn't be much of an impact, like dropping you cellphone a foot onto a thick carpet. Most any small metal object would be fine.