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Why are we so bad at landing on the Moon? 
https://youtu.be/tkui9Pnb8iI?feature=shared
( Ed : too ambitious in terms of 1st landings)
Ep 6/6/2025
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https://www.alojapan.com/1291502/japanese-private-lunar-lander-resilience-fails-mission-crashes-on-moon/ Japanese Private Lunar Lander Resilience Fails Mission, Crashes on Moon #HakutoR #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #JapanesePrivateLunarLanderResilienceFailsMissionCrashesOnMoonIspace #LunarExploration #MoonLanding #news #résilience A Japanese spacecraft attempting to achieve the country’s first private moon landing instead crashed on the lunar surface, according to mission officials. The Resilience lander, developed by Tokyo-based is…
slightly annoying webcast imho ...
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#ispace live stream of #RESILIENCE’s landing attempt on the #Moon 
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Jun 05, 2025 19:24 UTC https://www.youtube.com/live/BVSMXQPeTcw
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Here is a closer look at the ispace HAKUTO-R Mission 2 landing site in Mare Frigoris. The landing site, at 56.0°N 1.4°E, seems to be located in a shallow depression in a fairly flat area.
https://quickmap.lroc.asu.edu/?camera=953114.2092%2C108592.7311%2C1491170.5788%2C0.1947%2C-0.8132%2C-0.5484%2C0.6746%2C-0.2948%2C0.6767%2C60&showGraticule=true&queryOpts=N4IgLghgRiBcIBMKRAXyA&features=1.40000000%2C56.00000000&layers=NrBsFYBoAZIRnpEBmZcAsjYIHYFcAbAyAbwF8BdC0ypcOKbRFOOZRBaAOnXfyJpVBFIA&proj=22
#ispace #HAKUTOR
13/n
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Thu Jan 16, 2025 : #NewGlenn 
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7628 Thu Jan 16, 2025 : #Starship https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7705 Wed Jan 15, 2025 : #BlueGhost & #HAKUTOR https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6794 March, 2025 #GaganYaan https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/1980 May, 2025 #DreamChaser https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/403
nextspaceflight.comNew Glenn | Blue Ring Pathfinder (Maiden Flight)A New Glenn rocket launched with Blue Ring Pathfinder (Maiden Flight) from LC-36, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA on Thursday Jan 16, 2025 at 07:03 UTC.
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@MacropodCare Nothing to do with Musk really. Spacex launched it perfectly, but then Musk doesn't run day-to-day things there anyway. It is the superb Pres & COO Gwynne Shotwell who has made Spacex into the powerhouse it has become.
The HAKUTO-R crashed entirely under its own, evidently inadequate, steam.
The ispace team must keep trying. It's the only way.
#space #ispace #hakutor
"... there is a high probability that the lander eventually made a hard landing on the Moon’s surface"
ispaceStatus Update on ispace HAKUTO-R Mission 1 Lunar Lander | ispace Ispace is a private lunar robotic exploration company that is developing micro-robotic technology to provide a low-cost and frequent transportation service to and on the Moon, conduct lunar surface exploration to map, process and deliver resources to our customers in cislunar space.
"What would have been the first private #MoonLanding has ended in failure after Japanese startup #ispace lost contact with its lunar lander, as reported earlier by The Washington Post. As the #HakutoR Mission 1 lander inched closer to the #Moon’s surface, engineers found that they were no longer able to communicate with the spacecraft."
#Japan’s first Moon landing has ended in failure | #Space |The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/25/23698177/japan-ispace-lunar-lander-moon-mission
"iSpace: First private Moon landing likely to have failed
A Japanese company hoping to make history by carrying out the first private Moon landing says its mission is likely to have failed.
Communication was lost with the Hakuto-R lunar lander moments before it was due to touch down."
: BBC NewsiSpace: First private moon landing likely to have failedCommunication was lost with Japan's Hakuto-R lunar moments before it was due to touch down.
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Dzisiaj mialo miejsce ladowanie na ksiezycu japonskiego ladownika #HakutoR - miala to byc pierwsza komercyjna misja tego typu - niestety, z ladownikiem nie ma lacznosci, co oznacza albo awarie, albo to, ze Hakuto-R po prostu sie rozbil. Za kilka dni nad miejscem ladowania ma przeleciec sonda, ktora zrobi zdjecia i wtedy bedzie wiadomo co sie tak naprawde stalo
Tough day for the #HakutoR team but, if the lander is lost, I hope they got fantastic data to try again one day.
This also makes me wonder if the crewed lunar landings of the 60s and 70s were more successful than robotic lander due to expert human pilots.
I really feel for the Hakuto-R team. ispace and its partners put in a huge amount of work into this mission, and they came tantalizingly close to a landing. The emotion at the end of the livestream was heartbreaking.
It may be trite, but space really is hard. Lunar landings are especially hard, and no private company has cracked that barrier yet. Coming as close as Hakuto-R did is an achievement in itself.
The Hakuto-R team is continuing to investigate the cause of the loss of signal and possible landing failure.
Landing on the Moon is incredibly challenging. Hakuto-R certainly got very close to landing, which will provide a lot of valuable data. Hopefully NASA's lunar satellites can image the landing site and help provide more understanding as to what happened.
Still no word on Hakuto-R. The fact that there is no signal from the vehicle is definitely not good news. At this point a landing failure seems more likely than not, but the ispace team is continuing to monitor for any communication from the lander.
Ugh, the waiting is the hardest part. Still no confirmation on Hakuto-R's status on the lunar surface. There's a lot that can go wrong in a lunar landing. Hopefully we will get some news about status soon. Based on the last numbers on the webcast the vehicle was operating normally on the final descent just before loss of signal.
Waiting to hear if Hakuto-R made it to the lunar surface. The last telemetry looked good, but so far no signal from the lander yet.
I'm very excited about the Hakuto-R mission, but please for the love of [DEITY HERE], your launch webcast should not include a financial pitch deck.
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