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Re:India fails to re-establish communication with its Moon p... by wolverine876 on Sunday September 24, 2023 @12:36AM (#37630166)
Did they say it beforehand? That's the only way one gets credit. Saying afterward, 'we planned it that way', is too easy.
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Re:India fails to re-establish communication with its Moon p... by AnonHP on Sunday September 24, 2023 @03:24AM (#37630891)
The Mission Life was stated as one lunar daylight period (14 earth days) well before the launch. You can see this in the Wikipedia article [1] and in the citation for it. So yes, it was stated beforehand.

[1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrayaan-3

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Re:India fails to re-establish communication with its Moon p... by wolverine876 on Sunday September 24, 2023 @07:39PM (#37638205)
Wikipedia definitely doesn't count! :D But I'll trust you on the citation.
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