Israel’s Beresheet Spacecraft Moon Landing Attempt Appears to End in Crash

Post by ethbro » Thu, Apr 11, 2019, 8:52 PM UTC

_Microft wrote: post #45

mrtksn wrote: post #13

It seems that they just got a new word in the dictionary: https://mobile.twitter.com/teamspaceil/status/11163129311033... I find it a bit irritating to be that cocky when it comes to space technology. Better luck next time!

Pride comes before a fall . (scnr)

Post by chmielewski » Thu, Apr 11, 2019, 8:54 PM UTC

khuey wrote: post #76

ctdonath wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Count your blessings. They are the 4th country to reach the Moon (albeit at 1km/s).

No, they would have been the 4th country to land on the moon. Both ESA and ISRO have previously conducted (intentional) impact missions.

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Apr 11, 2019, 9:01 PM UTC

sctb wrote: post #9

Discussion prior to the outcome: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19634570 .

Post by ncmncm » Thu, Apr 11, 2019, 9:03 PM UTC

mjevans wrote: post #78

51Cards wrote: post #71

Article subtitle: "The failure of the landing highlighted the risks of a fast and cheap approach to space exploration." I would say the opposite. Not specifically just in reference to this mission but in general. They now have a lot of experience and data to use going forward for "not much" expense. A lot of extremely expensive missions were lost because they didn't have the opportunity to iterate.

The history of rocketry really took off during WW-II, and was further refined by the military (generic, but pretty much the nations that have successfully landed on the moon), further developing and releasing to civilian government, and eventually private interests. If I were to make a guess extrapolation to air-flight we're probably still roughly in the 1940s. Private space flight is making things more standard and…

Post by ncmncm » Thu, Apr 11, 2019, 9:06 PM UTC

sanxiyn wrote: post #48

techie128 wrote: post #22

Do I detect a bit of condescension in NYT's tone? Do we need to remind the numerous failures US & USSR had before they got their space program off the ground? Also, they forgot India who did send a lunar orbiter and sent a probe on Moon's surface back in 2008.

Chandrayaan-1's Moon Impact Probe was an impactor, not a lander.