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Yutu-2 rover likely immobile on the moon after historic lunar far side mission (spacenews.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by threelonmusketeers to c/spaceflight

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[–] UniversalMonk 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That sucks, but everytime something works and/or fails, we learn a little more about the process.

Tho I'm surprised that China let us know that their rover broke.

[–] threelonmusketeers 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm surprised that China let us know that their rover broke

It sounds as though this wasn't an official announcement, but conclusions based on images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

[–] UniversalMonk 1 points 2 weeks ago

Ahhh, that sounds reasonable then