Intuitive Machines used mission lasers to replace the craft lasers needed to measure distance during landing on the lunar surface
Intuitive Machines used mission lasers to replace the craft lasers needed to measure distance during landing on the lunar surface
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Saw in some article the reason for their lasers not working was they forgot to flip a physical switch on the spacecraft in preflight checkout... Yikes,..
Yup, that must be a pretty embarrassing mistake for whatever hardware team was in charge of that switch. The software team really saved the day on this one. I still can't believe that they rewrote the navigation software on the fly, uploaded it to the lander, and it worked!