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bilekas
56 days ago
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Athena landed in a dark crater where the temperatu...
If I’m not mistaken there are three on commercial aircraft.. Seems like the bare minimum for a lunar lander .. I can’t imagine they’re THAT heavy
florbo
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Heavier than you think, probably. I tried looking up laser altimeters suitable for moon landings and was met with a much higher than anticipated amount of complexity. One thing was clear: the higher the altimeter needs to work, the heavier.
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Every gram of weight is directly trading off payload.
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