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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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Even if it landed correctly, why would they plan a solar powered mission to the moon when our next lunar eclipse is in like 5 days?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Eclipses end, though. Being tipped over does not.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Quite true. Strangely, here on Earth they have smart robots that you can literally kick over sideways, and their sensors and hydraulics and stuff kick right in and set them back upright.

If you're gonna dump hundreds of millions of dollars into such a project, why not utilize all known, available, and proven technology?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Weight. That's the only actual answer.

It's extremely expensive to send weight to the moon, everything you list is more weight.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

More weight but functioning vs multi-million-paperweight?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

You're looking at it with hindsight. Sure it feels like spending another million $ designing, testing, and adding additional weight, along with removing weight from other parts looks like the right decision now.

Every design makes compromises, and every failure looks stupid when looking at the end result. The team had decisions to make and if they had the extra time and money, then making the existing design more robust with more testing and reliability would have been the better solution.