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Somebody had way too much fun writing the lead paragraph: "Japan's space agency said Thursday that its first lunar mission hit the tiny patch of the moon's surface it was aiming for, in a successful demonstration of its pinpoint landing system—although the probe appears to be lying upside-down."

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If my kerbel space program has taught me anything it is that being upside down, side ways or whatever after a semi-safe landing, is only an issue if you want to go home.

Or if you want your solar panel to work.

Nah, kerbal panels are smart enough to pivot around

but not the Japanese Space Agency's

> But after the landing mishap, the craft's solar panels wound up facing the wrong direction, and it cannot generate power. Officials said there is still hope the probe will be able to recharge when the moon enters its daytime in the coming days.

Having said that, is this list of recent robotic moon landings, comprehensive? Include this Japanese mission should you want to.

     Robotic Moon Landing Missions in 21st Century

     Chang'e 3(2013)
     Chang'e 4(2019)
     Beresheet(2019)
     Chandrayaan 2(2019)
     Chang'e 5(2020)
     Omotenashi(2022)
     Hakuto-R(2023)
     Luna-25(2023)
     Chandrayaan-3(2023)
     Peregrine M1(2024) [1]

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https://twitter.com/IndianTechGuide/status/17446149885918046... 2

https://i.postimg.cc/T1Ccxw2X/Robotic-Moon-Landings.png

Yeah, the panels should get some reflected light, unless they're broken off.

If the end where fire comes out starts pointing towards space, you are having a bad problem and will not go to space^W^Whome today.

Maybe I'm saying what you're saying, but that's a sentence, not a paragraph. I find it very annoying when I encounter these and it makes me question the competence of the author. It seems like the complexity of the grammar used reduces with more writing experience.

My opinion is that it should be: "Japan's space agency said Thursday that its first lunar mission hit the tiny patch of the moon's surface it was aiming for. It was a successful demonstration of its pinpoint landing system although the probe appears to be lying upside-down."

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