Substance and Spectacle
Seeing is believing, and the right images - when they truthfully represent progress - can change the world.
Earlier this week, the Intuitive Machines lander IM-1 “Odysseus” touched down on the surface of the Moon. Despite an instrument failure of its laser rangefinder, worked around with a hasty software patch and one of the on-board experiments stepping in to provide equivalent data, the landing appeared to go well. However, on landing it was slow to contact…
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