How engineers test Moon landers on Earth

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Post by uncertainquark » Sat, Feb 10, 2024, 4:17 AM UTC

How engineers test Moon landers on Earth
nature.com

Re: How engineers test Moon landers on Earth

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Post by srvaroa » Sat, Feb 10, 2024, 11:51 AM UTC

Thanks for posting. I keep a log of these for every time I have one of those “mocks and synthetic loads are useless to test this piece of software, we absolutely need to clone production” conversations.

Re: How engineers test Moon landers on Earth

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Post by djmips » Sat, Feb 10, 2024, 4:24 PM UTC

The Apollo Moon lander program included testing a craft that had a central large thruster which could offset the difference between Moon and Earth gravity within a limited envelope.

Re: How engineers test Moon landers on Earth

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Post by tmaly » Sat, Feb 10, 2024, 6:52 PM UTC

I am still wondering what those bubbles are in all the space videos we see.

Re: How engineers test Moon landers on Earth

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Post by marcellus23 » Sat, Feb 10, 2024, 8:11 PM UTC

tmaly wrote: post #4

I am still wondering what those bubbles are in all the space videos we see.

What bubbles?

Re: How engineers test Moon landers on Earth

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Post by evilduck » Sat, Feb 10, 2024, 8:26 PM UTC

marcellus23 wrote: post #5

tmaly wrote: post #4

I am still wondering what those bubbles are in all the space videos we see.

What bubbles?

It’s an allusion to the conspiracy theory that low gravity space videos were being filmed underwater.

Re: How engineers test Moon landers on Earth

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Post by tmaly » Sat, Feb 10, 2024, 9:36 PM UTC

evilduck wrote: post #6

marcellus23 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What bubbles?

It’s an allusion to the conspiracy theory that low gravity space videos were being filmed underwater.

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