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Re:India fails to re-establish communication with its Moon p... by brushinator on Saturday September 23, 2023 @12:37PM (#37624839)
And yet the lunar lander and the astronauts on the moon did just fine. Did the lunar lander and the body suits have heaters?
Re:India fails to re-establish communication with its Moon p... by kjkjadksj on Saturday September 23, 2023 @12:40PM (#37624862)
They did, but they also left before the lunar night.
Re:India fails to re-establish communication with its Moon p... by evgen on Saturday September 23, 2023 @01:29PM (#37625367)
The humans inside the suits and lander also provided some useful heat. For most spacecraft, once you put humans into them the problem changes from conserving heat to getting rid of it.
Re:India fails to re-establish communication with its Moon p... by brushinator on Saturday September 23, 2023 @01:30PM (#37625368)
Ok so at 120 degrees C got it
Re:India fails to re-establish communication with its Moon p... by NamTaf on Saturday September 23, 2023 @06:15PM (#37628041)
Kinda crazy what effect different albedos have, isn’t it? :)
Re:India fails to re-establish communication with its Moon p... by seabass-labrax on Saturday September 23, 2023 @03:13PM (#37626404)
If you haven't already, I would highly recommend watching 'Apollo 13'[1]. On a technical basis it is really accurate to the real-life events. The astronauts having to shut down the lunar lander's (LEM) heating system comes into the story about half way through. It's one of my all-time favourite films!

[1]: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112384/

Re:India fails to re-establish communication with its Moon p... by to11mtm on Saturday September 23, 2023 @06:11PM (#37628010)
Or, if you want to be a purist, there's this. [0](thank you whoever submitted this to HN a while back!)

[0] - https://apolloinrealtime.org/13/

Re:India fails to re-establish communication with its Moon p... by seabass-labrax on Saturday September 23, 2023 @06:19PM (#37628067)
Wow, that's amazing. I'm know what I'm going to be doing on Sunday!
Re:India fails to re-establish communication with its Moon p... by jackmott42 on Saturday September 23, 2023 @07:46PM (#37628721)
They didn't last 14 days or try to survive the lunar night, and we spent a rather large % of our GDP on the project, while India's landing was an order of magnitude cheaper than any previous moon lander.