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[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 53 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The Intuitive Machines lander issue was that no one disarmed the safety switch on the laser guidance system. (No, really!) Luckily NASA had a backup system installed that ended up working better anyway.

[–] infinitepcg@lemmy.world 27 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Pretty much the hardware version of && false

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 13 points 10 months ago

that ended up working better anyway

Not sure if it ended up working better, as it landed with nonzero horizontal velocity. Though I suppose we'll never know how well the original system would have performed...