The Real Reason Japan Just Landed On The Moon!

[@TheSpaceRaceYT]

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[@1abshiga]

The role of cis- lunar space in future exploration.

[@pepefuentes6322]

Cameras on these missions. Please.

[@rodrigooliveiraborges4269]

2:40 Statements excluding China from our interests are unfounded. The fact is that any nation that reaches the Moon or succeeds in the "space race" contributes to global progress. The United States, driven by ideological fears, barred China's participation, revealing an unjustified apprehension. Therefore, if China and other nations are not involved in this program, it is due to American arrogance and ideological disputes.

[@whoshotdk]

Landed behind a rock and became the real slim shady.

[@jimmorris5328]

This the best alt theory yet😂

[@theroguewoodwalker4956]

But it can’t stand up😢

[@lucasread1743]

😂

[@shane1039]

bruhhh lol

[@jeremygalloway1348]

Nice. I was thinking it'd be pretty effed up if a plug jiggled loose on the landing...lasted the entire descent barely making contact and during the bounce it came unplugged. Drrka drrkkaaa ssliimmmm shaaadddyyyy!

[@H-kssl]

It landed beautifully on the moon's sweet spot and landed in an acrobatic position. She is amazing and also takes great commemorative photos. I can't understand what the failure is. There are still opportunities to be active, so I look forward to the future.

[@BigBoaby-sg1yo]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@hajoonishere]

It landed UPSIDE DOWN.

[@praveendhupad6231]

Is she femail? How can femail survive in space alone im right

[@praveenveeranki578]

Why I'm actually surprised that Japan not yet tried moon landing before.

[@Wurtoz9643]

They have but they failed

[@hehelpedme]

@@Wurtoz9643 They have never tried that before.

[@Wurtoz9643]

@@hehelpedme hakuto-R

[@JoeyBlogs007]

These designers just try to make these craft too complicated. Similar happened with a US mission to Mars and that novel hammer device that failed. They just try to be too smart with unproven tech and end up screwing things up due to poor risk management. KISS Principle should always apply for such projects.

[@Orangenugget7]

Yay go japan

[@SmilingCakeSlice-jv8ku]

Congratulations to you all and the world 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@caine8875]

According to JAXA, it seemed that one of the two main engines failed. It seemed that the output power was cut in half a moment after it started to descent. The probe was able to maintain its controlled descent and the speed but was drifted away from the target. If the engine had not failed it would have been able to land within few meters from the target. It's all done in autonomously. They're hopeful that it should recover once the sun recharges the batteries later because nothing seems broken so far.

[@theawesomeman9821]

Congratulations to Japan for landing on the moon

[@deannelson9565]

Even though it's upside down

[@kakimoto-b1j]

​@@deannelson9565 However no abnormality

[@deannelson9565]

@@kakimoto-b1j being upside down is an abnormality in itself

[@okman9684]

So happened to SLIM is like a plane landing in a short runway between the mountains precisely but upside down

[@AMOUREDD]

Those would be parts of the plane then

[@okman9684]

Was the Japanese moon mission a success or failure? Ans- YES!

[@uberacx]

Yep. They just put it in the arse instead of the proper o

[@marksadventures3889]

What about fitting a flicker to those things, like a flea, if it lands the wrong way up it could right itself automatically with gyroscopic sensor and flick feet to right itself.

[@av_kovko]

If they manage to establish a connection with SLIM and get solar power from their panels, the mission will operate for a shorter time, 6-8 days, instead of 14 days.

[@deannelson9565]

Just everything will be upside down

[@Freedom2x462]

Maybe in the future ! Human astronaut can fix the orientation of these landers, include it their mission or send a robot that can lift or manipulate a lander like a Wall-e or design some kind of utility robot, selfprotect, strong enough to move a lander!

[@andymouse]

I will forever giggle like a school boy when I see the Amazon rocket powered dido...cheers.

[@Orangenugget7]

I really hope orbital solar panels come out good they sound amazing

[@Raptorman0909]

Never going to happen -- NEVER! Sure, I can see a demonstration system, but there will never be large scale deployment of space based solar farms. Solar is already just about the cheapest energy source we have being limited mostly by the fact that the Sun doesn't shine 24 hours per day, but the solution to that is already in use and has been in use for more than a century -- pumped hydro! The current commercial solar panels are a bit over 20%, but multijunction solar cells based on Perovskites, when they are improved to allow them a longer lifespan, could see net efficiency increase to around 34% which is likely within 10 years. The advantage of these newer cells is that you can generate a lot more power and energy in the same area thus reducing the land requirements. Additionally, the solar farms might not need to be based on land at all as it is possible to base them in shallow ocean waters where the water depth is, say, less than 1000m deep and often less than 100m deep.

[@dan6442]

Solar panels sound like a poor man's attempt. Get serious and use Nuclear energy.

[@Raptorman0909]

@@dan6442 Yep, worked well at Chernobyl and Fukushima... Go on home folks, nothing to see here! Solar is less expensive than nuclear!

[@Orangenugget7]

@@dan6442 fair point

[@bigianh]

Slim landed on its nose with its solar panels facing west. TBF they are the first to attempt this Flip Style Landing and they will probably be able to revive the lander when the sun moves further over

[@DanBurgaud]

Japan's lander has a nice trick: having the engines on the side and flipping when landing... aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand overflipped.

[@deannelson9565]

Nope the problem was the engine bell fell off so she landed with too much lateral movement and tipped over

[@PramochanYaan]

Very exited to see Jaxa+isro Lupex and Blue origin's New Glennnnnnnnnn

[@dontactlikeUdonkno]

And then we have no night sky because of from light pollution from a space-based solar array... but something big to look at instead. Seems like a hard trade.

[@robertmiller9735]

Ah well, you go tell the 20 billion people that'll live on Earth in 2050 they shouldn't have abundant power then.

[@dan6442]

Nuclear power would have prevented this. As an American, I'm very happy for Japan's successful landing!

[@benzene_sandwich]

deja vu

[@almaztech]

Nuclear power is very expensive. These vehicles are made on a light budget. According to NASA, a Nuclear generator cost around 150M $ US. Wikipedia says that the lander total budget was 121.1M USD. It is a good idea, but very expensive. Even the Webb telescope (big budget) is solar powered. But yes, kudos to Japan!

[@ΑστέριοςΑστερίου-π7π]

It definitely would but this was mostly an experiment to test if they can actually land. The whole mission even if everything had worked perfectly was planned to last only a couple weeks on the moon. There was no reason for JAXA to spend money on expensive Nuclear Power for this mission.

[@bluestraveler2980]

Great let have Nuclear accident in orbit so we can all be prisoned by radiation. Simp

[@theroguewoodwalker4956]

@@almaztechit would be great if the US would work more with its allies and build a Nuclear Powered Rocket and lander if the world work together we would be able to achieve anything it just requires cooperation. And sadly the world is torn apart

[@WendegaHU]

cool

[@bluesteel8376]

I am stunned that they sent a probe to land on the moon but not a single camera on it?

[@抹茶侍]

The photo has already been released and the probe is nicely turned upside down.

[@vedants.vispute77]

First of all, when you are sending a probe to the moon you never the chances it will fail.. India's first try to soft land wasn't successful which had better camera than Chandrayaan 3, but its CH2's orbiter still has worlds highest quality moon camera. Second is, the more cameras, the more quality they are, the more time is gonna need to send it back to earth. Scientific experiments and the tech that you can land on moon are more important than cameras. Now in few years when the Japanese and Indians will go again, they will have the best camera to date and perform more activities..

[@johnconner8218]

Wow, this is a success! Too bad about the solar/power situation. Back to drawing board :)

[@FCFA007]

They should have installed backup solar panel below the moon lander.

[@av_kovko]

Blue Orgin is due to apply in FAA for a New Glenn launch license as early as March.

[@SebastianWellsTL]

This serves as an outstanding testament to the essential role of the human element in manned missions. Unlike machines, humans don't malfunction. Furthermore, during missions like Apollo, our presence enables us to swiftly address any issues encountered by the spacecraft.

[@whoshotdk]

“Humans don’t malfunction.” … The entire field of psychiatry would like a word with you :P

[@michaelhart7569]

​@@whoshotdk Absolutely true, but Neil Armstrong still holds the gold medal. In fairness, I expect they will soon improve as transit to the moon becomes cheaper and more frequent.

[@Mo_2077]

Well done Japan

[@Grayando1]

"not on our team".... shame this generation will repeat the mistakes of the past.... “A new consciousness is developing which sees the earth as a single organism and recognizes that an organism at war with itself is doomed. We are one planet. One of the great revelations of the age of space exploration is the image of the earth finite and lonely, somehow vulnerable, bearing the entire human species through the oceans of space and time.” ― Carl Sagan

[@interopsty]

y'know that's nice and all, i just don't think we should work with a country that oppresses their people. (i know how hypocritical that is considering russia, but seriously, space should not be a place for authoritarianism to thrive.

[@bluesteel8376]

It's the old people in Congress who decided China is not on NASA's team.

[@Levitiy]

@@bluesteel8376 It's because of that they risk having NASA on China's team.

[@causewaykayak]

America cant help itself grating on Russia and China and basically anyone in the world that doesn't want their social system.

[@bigianh]

Escapade is a category D missing that means they allow a considerably increased amount of risk on the mission allowing them to try out untried launch vehicles on the mission also I'm sure they get a discount. Escapades Launch window is about 2 weeks in August 2024 there will be other later launch windows for about 3 or four months after that depending on JPL's Pork Chop chart

[@v.prestorpnrcrtlcrt2096]

Lol, that new glen thing has NOT FOR FLIGHT marked on several areas of that tube. BlueTube😨👤😨

[@jorgesolis7891]

Congratulations fir an impairing, job well done....❤🎉

[@Tinman_56]

SLIM had to be 180° turned around. In other wards, when it changed direction from horizontal to vertical, then back to horizontal to land on its "side" it lost its x/y/z axis bearing so it ended up turned around or upside down iaw with the misidentified axis bearing.

[@deannelson9565]

It didn't misidentify anything it just lost one of its engine nozzles so much of its control was gone so it ended up upside down

[@Tinman_56]

@deannelson9565 it lost its axis bearings because it lost an engine nozzle. My comment was posted long before JAXA knew the nozzle melted off or had any idea what led to its landing on its head!

[@JustAboutToEat]

Having satelites transmit power should be geostationary but thats too far away they need to be in LEO. But wouldn't that cause them to basically send a death ray moving at 27000km/h right across the globe?

[@AdityaRaj-tm3hi]

What about Chandrayan 3 in South Pole?? Didn't that labs in moon? But but how could you guys ever say about INDIA'S success

[@madsam0320]

China’s yutu2 landed two years ago and still operating unlike this Jaxa or chandrayan 3 that cannot last more than one lunar day because they cannot survive the cold lunar night.

[@RichardBrett899]

I often wondered why they didn't build the moon landers in the shape of a ball?

[@allanbradshaw3498]

The first Russian soft lander 1960s was a ball shape which was balsa wood shell it rolled on the moon surface from its lander very primitive but it worked.

[@alancoker1459]

It landed upside down

[@lovepeacehatewar9818]

Brother Please Make Video and Give Information About India's ADITYA L1, XPOSAT and ASTROSAT That all had Successful.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@dpskiff2998]

Regarding a first stage rocket booster: Could the first stage be powered by a number of jet engines arranged in a ring?: I understand that the major part of fuel use is within the first several thousand feet of launch while still in the atmosphere. At this point liquid O2 would not be needed saving some weight and fuel for upper stages. Can you do a program on the pros and cons of this idea?

[@ArndBrugman]

I don't understand the mention of China is not on our team. I am watching the space race right? Who says this channel should be on team NASA? 😮 Why can't we leave political discussion aside and enjoy everyone's accomplishment?

[@causewaykayak]

Quite right. These tec geeks are def. not politically aware. This one also Splits Infinitives - a linguistic sin. 😢

[@causewaykayak]

@@HC-sb6iv I think you have a very well grounded view.

[@michaelcomberiate2566]

in fact NASA astronauts walked over to Surveyor 3 and retrieved parts from it to return to Earth for study. November 1969 was 54 years ago . Way to go NASA

[@kennethferland5579]

A solar panel is space could potentialy generate ~10x as much as power as it would on the ground, so space based solar will be practical when launching something to Geosyncronouse obit is only 10x more then putting it on a roof, which is a hell of a long way off.

[@Famous-Potatoes]

Yet another purr-cise landing.

[@uddinislah2724]

Excellent News Good job Japan 🇯🇵

[@WWeronko]

Using the popular low bar adage "any landing you walk away from is successful," then the SLIM was successful. However, for Japan's first official (the private Japanese moon lander Hakuto-R crashed in late April) seemed excessively ambitious. Instead of using the more traditional low center of gravity landing legs they decided on an untried rather exotic roll on your side with crush landing pads approach. It seemed doomed to failure from the beginning. I am sure the Japanese will learn from the attempt and better luck next time. Next up, Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lander being launched on a Falcon 9 in February.

[@LordFalconsword]

Using that janky flip on landing maneuver was probably not a good idea.

[@deannelson9565]

Well it's never a good thing when one of your engine Bells falls off when you're 50 m up and causes the ship to lose a lot of its lateral control

[@JustAboutToEat]

The Soviets launched three successful sample return missions (Luna 16, 20 and 24) IN THE EARLY 70s!! How the hell did they do it if it's super hard to do in 2024. Hat's off to the comrades 🙃🙂

[@AbdullayevZiyodulla]

Cameraman was waiting there,😅

[@kastenolsen9577]

Water needs to be a standard test payload on all developing rockets. Gives us an advance in actual orbital development.😊😊😊

[@theone8189]

And the microwave beam can be weaponized....................................

[@yoskarokuto3553]

55 years...so long , why never even 1 rover send back to " APOLLO LANDING SITE " ???

[@georgebruce695]

Thanks!

[@mohsin12355]

thanks bro

[@picandvideo]

Most likely the equipment could not survive extreme space environment.

[@xhtml5for1.0]

I think they let the Cities do it

[@Xhydraulics]

Are you okay with the telemetry this time people? Doesn't it look like 90s video game for you like you said few months ago?

[@Wrangler-fp4ei]

I take it the rovers were sent too far off for them to put their cameras on the lander to see what happened? There hasn't been any reports on what their up too aside their announced missions / tasks their doing.

[@markschroter2640]

Who decided teams were a good idea?

[@causewaykayak]

Congress and the wailing brainwashed. 😂

[@andrewgaetz5266]

I wonder if the soft landing landing jets caused dust to blow up and cover the solar panels?

[@AresDaBoi]

No, the easiest path for the dust to blow in would be sideways, and with no atmospheric drag, the dust would travel several feet away from the spacecraft. Only way dust could cover the solarpanels would be if it was a hard landing.

[@kastenolsen9577]

A good book on how to frugally colonize our solar system is Second Exodus Colony. Located at the Internet Archives. Read and learn. Free to pass along.

[@letsgetoutsidenow]

The main issue with SBSP (Space Based Solar Power) is the assumption that solar panels must be manufactured and launched "from earth". Taking a quick glance at the report shows they did account to some degree that launch costs will come down but are rightly skeptical of the order of magnitude the Starship claims to be aiming for as SpaceX and Elon Musk have a way with overpromising and being late with delivery, eventually they will get things to work but NASA is being cautious presenting their results to not give people false hope, though I am sure many there would be happy to be proven wrong and the cost to LEO drop to 100$/kg or so. The other option to lower costs is to pull a Daniel Suarez asteroid and lunar crypto station heist, but I doubt that will happen.

[@kennethferland5579]

Manufacturing a solar panel in space as completly prohibitive, so yes they must be made on earth.

[@aftereffects00]

The China lander be straight-up touchin' down on the dark side of the moon like a total boss, ya feel? Maybe 'cause that lander ain't tired like Japan or the USA, who be lyin' around on the moon surface.

[@alancoker1459]

How was the image of the lander taken ??

[@sinabarzyar5766]

Did you not watch the video?

[@prt5567]

I'm want grow papaya fruit how possible on moon and mars etc

[@alfonsopayra]

new glen suxssssssssssssss

[@shaunskosana2202]

That why they must develop self energy re-generating system the light that will heat the solar panels this way not only the sun can generate energy but itself. Also use generator that use battery instead of gas ⛽ petrol. This way make sure it run multiple system also wind 🌬️🍃 system. Alot is missing

[@markyamaguchi9571]

Toyota !

[@michellebygate4334]

I was informed it landed. Upside down! And what rover. Took these photors??????

[@psquare2260]

Japan explained the problem already.

[@michaelcomberiate2566]

Apollo 12 landing was incredibly accurate in 1969. wasn’t it about 450 feet from the Surveyor unmanned lander exactly as planned?

[@prt5567]

I'm want grow papaya fruit how possible

[@kabiebebe2332]

Japan will initiate Anaheim Electronics... and moon is important element...😅😅

[@christineanderson-x5u]

Same old lie seems to be back in fashion!

[@Jmacdonald2386]

Duh duh duh moon isn’t a solids object, nobody has ever made it past the firmament 😂 please don’t tell me you are one of those retards…

[@NOMOone]

😂😂😂😂😂 First India kissed the ring, now Japan. Super comical. The height of fiction. NEXT!!!!psy-op

[@indiafirst3676]

Space is not a Football match to have teams

[@av_kovko]

MMX has delyed on September 2026.

[@ddouglas3687]

How many Starship fuel transfers and thus ships will it take to get to the moon! Ive heard 5-6 from Musk but 20 from NASA! Which is it!?! Tnx in advance.

[@yoskarokuto3553]

54 years so long..... why never even once rover send back to " APOLLO LANDING SITE ? " ???

[@sH-ed5yf]

Why would they?

[@sinabarzyar5766]

Why would they? Too expensive, no point.

[@cramkisson9709]

Moon lander landed on head with ass end pointing skywards .

[@alrightythen821]

wow you really drag it out. hope you make heaps of YT money

[@airspeedmph]

What was the fake reason?

[@smartypantsinc.gameon6978]

❤

[@BrianKelsay]

When you put "the real reason" in a title, that's real clickbaity. Be better. How about "What happened when Japan's SLIM attempted to land on the Moon" or "Why SLim failed at this very difficult Moon landing"

[@ViceCoin]

Japanese landed upside down. US cant land on the moon today.

[@tomsimpson5317]

To waste money

[@sarge27271]

LMFAO................................................

[@theroguewoodwalker4956]

New Glen is literally a copy of Space X’s Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy

[@WWeronko]

No it is not.

[@Brandon-v3u]

Hahahaha

[@andynonomous8558]

Holy Jesus man, please stop with the "Real Reason" video titles.

[@AbdullayevZiyodulla]

Where is the real footage, come on. We are only seeing cartoon made by 14 year old😂

[@dr.phillnaadoftennessee.9788]

Well that ain't nothing... We were able to put three men on the moon in 1969, 55 years ago!!! They would do it again but they lost that old technology... LOL 🤣 SMH‼️

[@sinabarzyar5766]

they didn't "lose" The technology, they still have it, the only thing that's been lost is the people, the factories, they are gone. The courage, the commitment, it's gone, that's why.

[@Trucker_Josh]

Who's going to clean up all these garbage parts we keep leaving on the moon??

[@MichaelBarnes-ey7sj]

Might need some parts from the junkyard to get home some day.

[@WWeronko]

The Moon is a lifeless barren wasteland under continuous micrometeor assault. These probes will someday become very valuable collectors items.

[@causewaykayak]

​@@WWeronko And just how you getting this junk on future ebay. You could get future jail for messing with it 😂

[@Jmacdonald2386]

Oh I’m sorry, is it destroying all the plentiful life on the moon cupcake?

[@causewaykayak]

@@Jmacdonald2386 Untidy littering is OK. Fly tip junk in the wilderness ? Wow !!🤮

[@thorin1045]

"not on our team" well, maybe not start next time cooperation with: i hate you, so i will not allow you to be even near 'our' team, and china will be in everyone team. but of course that would be mean you are not on the stupid team.

[@subramaniamchandrasekar1397]

Bla Bla Bla.. All nonsense video. So what is the real reason Japan landed on the moon? No answer.

[@titanxie5579]

Should have bought the solar panel that was made in China. lol

[@BlueRage]

The tinfoil looks more realistic on the Japan fakery vs the US fakery

[@sH-ed5yf]

Do you even understand the purpose of the foil kiddo. Propably not?

[@BlueRage]

@@sH-ed5yf No one has ever gone to the moon, no one will ever go to the moon. Everything is a lie.

[@sinabarzyar5766]

​@@BlueRageexactly, same for you're father.

[@SuperTrumpMAGA]

Ha ha ! J needs more brains and time !😂😂😂😂

[@computerjoy]

In my book War Criminal Japan landing was failure

[@prt5567]

I'm want grow papaya fruit how possible