Hakuto-R Moon landing attempt today (4/25) around noon

[Marc_G]

Debris field spotted by LRO

NASA uncovers shattered remains of Japanese lunar lander that mysteriously disappeared on April 25

Japan's private Hakuto-R spacecraft broke into at least four large pieces of debris, according to new images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

www.livescience.com

 

[Marc_G]

Software issue caused incorrect altitude calculation leading to crash:

Software problem blamed for ispace lunar lander crash

A software glitch kept a lunar lander from properly determining its altitude, leading to a crash on its landing attempt last month, Japan's ispace said.

spacenews.com

 

[mh9162013]

Software issue caused incorrect altitude calculation leading to crash:

Software problem blamed for ispace lunar lander crash

A software glitch kept a lunar lander from properly determining its altitude, leading to a crash on its landing attempt last month, Japan's ispace said.

spacenews.com

I'm going to presume that we're not getting all the information as to why the software issue led to the accident. The provided explanation makes the engineers appear like idiots and I'm pretty sure they're not.

But the article seemed to imply that financial pressures led to the mistake not being found/corrected.

If I had the brains to be an engineer, I don't think I'd want to work for the private sector...

 

[Sooner Boomer]

Private Japanese moon lander crashed after being confused by a crater

The lander successfully completed eight out of nine mission milestones despite its unsuccessful landing.

www.space.com

 

[MClark]

 

[hobie1dog]

LOTS OF THINGS CAN AND WILL GO WRONG 230k MILES AWAY