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It's Looking Increasingly Likely India's Historic Lunar Lander Is Dead For Good
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This is India, they're not exactly at the bleeding edge regarding space tech. NASA and SpaceX are way more promising
Their space program is generally regarded as fairly good to my understanding, they just operate on lower budgets.
In any case, wasn't this mission only designed to last a couple weeks on the surface anyway? I could've sworn I remember reading that the probe wasn't designed to survive the temperatures the moon reaches at night, and their attempts to recontact it were more or less a "it's done it's mission already, but if it happens to survive anyway, it's an added bonus, so might as well check" sorta deal.
"Operating on lower budgets" is putting it lightly, this mission cost $74M. NASA's next rover is projected at $433M