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> was never designed to survive in the lunar night But does it mean it won't actually 'survive' ? What's survival in this case, getting enough power from the
by nottorp 3y ago
> was never designed to survive in the lunar night
But does it mean it won't actually 'survive' ?
What's survival in this case, getting enough power from the solar panel to boot up and transmit again, when the next day comes?
- yencabulator 3y agoSurvival means not being destroyed by the coldness of the lunar night, something like -130 C to even -250 C, for two weeks. Many spacecraft have a radioactive heat source to heat themselves through the cold stretches. It seems for this one, primarily aimed at developing landing methods, that wasn't thought to be worth it.