/sci/ - Science & Math

Can't post the link for some reason, its eaten by spam detection
just google "Why is landing on the Moon safely so hard?"

> Both of the 2019 landing failures probably stemmed from software and sensor issues during these final moments. And early indications suggest that this week’s ispace failure could have been caused by the lander running out of propellant just before it touched down.

> The ispace crash raises the bar for a flurry of other commercial missions scheduled to land on the Moon, including as many as three by the end of the year that are partially funded by NASA. Those landers are part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) programme, in which private companies aim to build landers and fly payloads from NASA and other customers to the lunar surface.