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Re:India fails to re-establish communication with its Moon p... by toast0 on Saturday September 23, 2023 @11:02AM (#37623878)
> Naive guy would think that alone can and would be extensively tested on earth?

The article says the probe achieved its objectives in the first active period. This attempted wakeup was for bonus time.

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Re:India fails to re-establish communication with its Moon p... by NortySpock on Saturday September 23, 2023 @12:04PM (#37624469)
And it would have been designed to achieve all those objectives in the 14-day lunar sunshine period.

You could design a car that runs for a billion miles, but no-one could afford it. You pick a reasonable lifespan for a project and target your specifications around that.

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Re:India fails to re-establish communication with its Moon p... by pixl97 on Saturday September 23, 2023 @12:07PM (#37624491)
Ya, and the Indian mission was already one of the lowest budget successful missions there has been. The US is one of the few countries that can spend billions on missions where the lander may last months/years longer than expected.
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