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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    1 month ago

    Meanwhile, they now have nuclear diamond batteries. Hell, the Voyagers have been running on aging plutonium for nearly 50 years.

    You’d figure a modern expensive system like that might have a modern secondary power source, at least enough juice to run for two weeks FFS…

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      Because for the amount of power needed they would have to halve its payload capacity if they used RTGs