Japan Has a Rover on the Moon... But Could Be Lost Forever

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Unlock the secrets of Japan's historic lunar landing with SLIM - the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon. Join us as we delve into its incredible journey, challenges, and potential game-changing impact on future space exploration!

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@s4-bf6vp 4 ай бұрын

This script was written a while ago! "Technical issue" was an entire engine nozzel falling off 😅 slim is back online after the sun hit the panels as of jan 29, and jaxa has classed it as an "exceptional success" as it has been beaming back data. We also have pictures of the actual lander on the surface from rover 2!

@samidaly 4 ай бұрын

yeah seemed strange having this come out weeks later and not have the details knows quite soon after the landing

@psycofire93 4 ай бұрын

@@samidalyin their defense his warographics uploads have been taking priority even while he was on holiday and I think Russia’s.. failure on a lunar landing skipped ahead of the queue

@pseudotasuki 4 ай бұрын

Note: Sunset occurred on the 31st, so the mission is almost certainly concluded. The odds of it waking up again would've been exceptionally low even if it hadn't tumbled over.

@dillonbledsoe7680 4 ай бұрын

@@pseudotasuki I think it's supposed to land sideways

@pseudotasuki 4 ай бұрын

@@dillonbledsoe7680 Indeed, but it ended up on its nose.

@Gitshiver 4 ай бұрын

So what you're telling us is, Japan's chances at lunar surface exploration just went from SLIM to none . . . BUH DA BUM BUM TISS

@skeptik212 4 ай бұрын

Very nice! Lol

@darkautonomy8980 4 ай бұрын

Brilliant 😅

@neikodigg4964 4 ай бұрын

Hey once we get back to the moon and need parts we know where to go

@daynawhitehead7611 4 ай бұрын

Dad joke! 😮😂😊

@johndc2998 4 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@loyalsupportisthebestever 4 ай бұрын

The Japanese have invented a hopping probe and one that rolls along the surface. Got to love the Japanese's ingenuity.

@OllamhDrab 4 ай бұрын

They adctually have a very long history and tradition of things like folding puzzles and clever automatons. I think the ball one is particularly genius. I actually hadn't heard much about the hopping one before this.

@loyalsupportisthebestever 4 ай бұрын

@@OllamhDrab Absolutely. I have always admired the Japanese for their quirky but clever engineering.

@pseudotasuki 4 ай бұрын

It doesn't roll, exactly. It's more like a walking motion. What's cool is that it was designed by a toy company and they're selling an inexpensive RC version.

@scottbrower9052 4 ай бұрын

Mitsubishi, the manufacturer of both the launch vehicle and the lander, also invented the Zero 🔴

@matthewbailey7762 4 ай бұрын

No matter what may have went wrong. This is extremely impressive.

@toddmccarter45 4 ай бұрын

I know I really don't get why Japan isn't getting more props for being the first to soft land upside down on the moon

@wesleychristensen1177 4 ай бұрын

Ok seriously, where do I subscribe to be notified every time Simon launches a new channel?

@TagiukGold 4 ай бұрын

It's called Gray Jay.

@burtdurger847 4 ай бұрын

r/simonwhistler

@jonyemm 4 ай бұрын

Right? I'm surprised he doesn't push them on his other channels. Though, he probably doesn't want a channel to get uninterested subscribers that will likely unsubscribe later.

@Julia-uh4li 3 ай бұрын

@jonyemm I'm here right now because he did mention it on his Brain Blaze that came out yesterday. He was saying how disappointed he was that he doesn't have as many subscribers as he had hoped for by now. I watch several of his channels, and this is the first I've heard about it. I'm a space science junkie ✨️ 😉

@rebeccapaul418 3 ай бұрын

@@Julia-uh4lithat's how I discovered this channel! Simon really needs to mention his channels more often.

@antibrevity 4 ай бұрын

12:33. The script refers to Spirit and Opportunity rovers while showing an animation of Perseverance; a very different rover that doesn't much care whether it's day or night as it has a nuclear-decay power supply. Lunar nights are long and it's almost certain that SLIM will never wake up afterward. This is a good video, but was already out of date when it uploaded and that's going to happen when the subject matter is an active news story. Channels either need to streamline their process to get the latest data or stick to discussions that aren't as time-sensitive.

@2150dalek 4 ай бұрын

Congratulations Japan! Amazing & hi tech navigational landing. As well as creative recovery of some data.

@stax6092 4 ай бұрын

Awesome. Japan showing that a soft landing can be done let alone having done it so well is just fantastic.

@Veldiirn 4 ай бұрын

Yes please to additional videos

@PheobeKate-1111 4 ай бұрын

I swear, every single day I find some amazing new 'Simon project' and duh, of course I subscribe. legit question, Simon, how do you have the time to do all these amazing and interesting projects and still have time for your family?? absolutely insane, good on ya ❤

@TheKrispyfort 4 ай бұрын

He's the front man for a business with an array of contributors

@ThorGodofThunder420 4 ай бұрын

He's a massive nerd 🤓

@Julia-uh4li 3 ай бұрын

Some days he records for 8 hours and other days he gets to cut short. How difficult would it really be to sit and read a ready made script hour after hour? My guess is not very. The money is the motivation. A win, win 😃

@chriswoodend2036 4 ай бұрын

It didn't land correctly, but it landed intact. It counts as a soft landing.

@Urgleflogue 4 ай бұрын

Each lunar probe landing after which you can walk is a good one.

@Beryllahawk 4 ай бұрын

I am more than willing for any and every space related video, because I will never get enough of Simon and team geeking out over this stuff!

@benjaminallen3595 4 ай бұрын

thanks SW and crew for this excellent channel!

@itarry4 4 ай бұрын

And we all hopefully learn from our mistakes. In this case I get the feeling that on future landers there will be some solution for the positioning of the solar panels and companies, governments, etc will make sure there's some way to ensure the lander always has some ability at least to recharge its batteries at least enough to repositioned itself to start collecting the sun light it needs to be operational. As you said though just what they achieved is amazing and should help bring bigger and better things in the future.

@paulh2981 4 ай бұрын

Mission failed successfully - - Kudos to Japan for the outstanding accomplishments on this mission. Sad that there was such a technical problem, but that doesn't change the many remarkable things they did with this and what knowledge the world has gained from it.

@jackbuff_I 4 ай бұрын

Cant we just turn the moon upside down?... or move the Sun?

@jonahprate8192 4 ай бұрын

Chad ideas. Screw it lets go for it, operation move the sun is a go

@BonelessKid 4 ай бұрын

Calm down Gru

@TimberworksTables 4 ай бұрын

I helped build XRISM and flew out to Japan for some last minute repairs before launch. I'd love to see a video on it.

@ThorGodofThunder420 4 ай бұрын

You gotta stop making stuff up

@TimberworksTables 4 ай бұрын

@@ThorGodofThunder420 uh, okay?

@M335h1 4 ай бұрын

Yay japan! Fingers crossed for slims longevity! 😍

@padawanmage71 4 ай бұрын

I am curious as to a followup video as to how SLIM landed the way it did. Either way, please more Astro videos!

@pseudotasuki 4 ай бұрын

One of its engines broke. Its nozzle snapped off during the descent. This resulted in a small torque (due to them being angled slightly) which the lander was able to counteract. But that imbalance also resulted in the flip prior to touchdown being a bit overzealous. Instead of landing on its side, it continued to rotate and eventually settled down on its nose. The solar panels which were supposed to be facing upward ended up facing West instead. The good news is that it was able to power back up for a few days prior to the sunset.

@zaco-km3su 4 ай бұрын

He rushed to make a video. He could have waited.

@padawanmage71 4 ай бұрын

@@zaco-km3su Even more reason now to make a follow up, don’t you think?

@Cheffe919 4 ай бұрын

Daemm, haven't been this early in decades xD

@easyalpha1 4 ай бұрын

Thats the cutetest rover....Japan always makes cool stuff.

@Whykickamoocow 4 ай бұрын

A new space race. Hopefully with peaceful principles and the exploration of space for the betterment of all the people of planet Earth.

@tonykeltsflorida 4 ай бұрын

We want lots of space and moon videos !!!!!!!!!!

@adrielburned6924 4 ай бұрын

Aliens looking at the moon from their telescope "We found life! That moon has giant flees!"

@adrielburned6924 4 ай бұрын

Fleas. Sorry 😊

@jeffholt9437 4 ай бұрын

"Average sub-artic bull elk" - hang on a moment (goes out to the back garden and returns) - oh yeah....

@matthewmerchant2038 4 ай бұрын

At least their mission made it. *cough* artemis *cough*

@venera13 4 ай бұрын

I think you mean Peregrine, Artemis is NASAs human moon program and has yet to attempt a landing on the moon at all. Artemis 1 flew around the moon with no crew and was successful. Artemis 2 will carry crew but won't fly until 2025. and Artemis 3 is the planned landing one.

@ryanc473 4 ай бұрын

Just saying, I'm kinda surprised you (Simon) hadn't found this niche before, as I imagine it's a rather large one. Perhaps I'm overestimating the size of the group purely because I consider myself a part of it, but space nerd stuff I've gotta imagine has a massive pool of interested people

@Zeydarchist 4 ай бұрын

you're joking-- not another one?? oh for gods sake i can't... honestly i can't do this.there's too much Whistlerverse channels going on at the moment... why did he make another? jk ilu Simon and co! i'll share this channel around w. some friends cuz we LOVE space stuff

@BallisticDamages 4 ай бұрын

Yes, Simon, we want an episode on it, whatever "it" is 😂 we're hungry for content

@boulderingbadger6179 4 ай бұрын

Hey yall! Enjoy the content!

@gordondouglas2971 4 ай бұрын

I'm curious about the frog and the roller

@misledprops 4 ай бұрын

SLIM ya dead mon ?

@boulderingbadger6179 4 ай бұрын

Its a cold... case.

@maxbrundle1599 4 ай бұрын

Yer mon! But my lucky egg is still good 👍

@otpyrcralphpierre1742 4 ай бұрын

“The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” ~ Mark Twain

@QuentinHudspeth 4 ай бұрын

Hey writers. Physicist here. You don’t need to say “pound force”. Pounds and Newtons are both units of force. So, it’s just “pounds of thrust”. (Similarly, kilograms are the unit of mass. So I mass 100 kg, but I weigh 980 N.)

@paulbarnett227 4 ай бұрын

Hmmm....yes. SLIM did indeed power up when the Sun was better aligned and more work was able to be completed.

@TheKrispyfort 4 ай бұрын

Dear Writer, Wonderful job 👍 Thank you 🙂

@angelitabecerra 4 ай бұрын

🙋🏽‍♀️ I'll take a video all about SLIMs buddy

@ThorGodofThunder420 4 ай бұрын

Eminem?

@angelitabecerra 4 ай бұрын

@@ThorGodofThunder420 Clever

@corrinflakes9659 4 ай бұрын

2:38 subtitles: “Kaguya” Astrographics: “Kayuga”

@rebeccapaul418 3 ай бұрын

Definitely needs a follow up!

@samuraifencer 4 ай бұрын

I’m sure the technicals aren’t so simple, but feels like a lot of issues would be resolved with sending up a few charging towers and maybe some sort of lander or two to erect/maintain them

@gianurwiler5098 4 ай бұрын

Lets go Simon🤙🏼

@SteveWrathall 4 ай бұрын

At 12:40 , that's clearly not Spirit or Opportunity, but one of their nuclear-powered successors

@frequencydependent1826 4 ай бұрын

You just mentioned a lunar day and night and I’m wondering how that works? For example, if there’s a quarter moon in D.C. then is there a three quarter moon in Istanbul? I’ve had a few drinks and the cue ball keeps moving around, can you help me understand this?

@karissarogers4259 2 ай бұрын

gee, would have to burn a tone of fuel to slow yourself down for a landing up there. love this guys vids, always something interesting to watch, very narrow window though :(

@LBeaudoin 4 ай бұрын

A complete lunar day is about 1 month. However, to avoid lunar night, the day would only be 2 weeks, when the sun shine.

@TheManLab7 4 ай бұрын

"Scott Manly" did a video on this and it shows one of the engine bells blew off. This is why it landed on its face.

@Jayjay-qe6um 4 ай бұрын

SLIM was shutdown on 19 January 2024, and then resume operations on 29 January.

@wickedfriggengood6992 4 ай бұрын

I’m surprised they didn’t use the jumping prob to jump into slim and tip it over to its proper angle

@KeepEvery1Guessing 4 ай бұрын

What astoundingly current news.

@jaymac7203 4 ай бұрын

Let's be honest. The lifespans of these little rovers always exceed expectations. lol hopefully, this will be no different? 🧐

@rosspentzer 4 ай бұрын

Can we all agree if you ask if we want a video on a side topic included in the video. Then we want a video on said topic.

@Th3Mast3rL0ck 4 ай бұрын

YATCHZEE!!!!! I found YET another secret simon channel

@paulh2981 4 ай бұрын

"It's no heavier than your average sub-arctic bull elk" made me snort

@darthstemcell 4 ай бұрын

So when do we get the Space AA or RAC?

@Fred_Nickles 4 ай бұрын

Im not sure about anyone else, but using the weight of "your average sub arctic bull elk" as a scale for something doesnt really make it any more relatable lol

@alexmoore1493 4 ай бұрын

What even is a sub artic bull elk 😂

@stevehill4615 4 ай бұрын

Maybe JAXA could get the nannas that knit the woolly jumpers for Suzuki cars (UK Suzuki advert) to knock up a blanket for SLIM to keep it warm during the lunar night ----- lol

@larry785 4 ай бұрын

Everything on the moon is lost forever for most people.

@michaelblankenship7064 4 ай бұрын

You even showed the lander up side down on the surface. I'll keep watching for sure but you are no Scott Manley 😂

@bryanhikes7248 4 ай бұрын

It came back online 9 days after landing. It should be working well right now.

@TagiukGold 4 ай бұрын

Not anymore, it stopped working at sunset a few days after it came back online.

@OrjanGrahn 4 ай бұрын

I want more X-ray detektorn . 😅

@nibiruskysb.c8943 4 ай бұрын

Please research Vanhalen belt.

@henriroggeman7267 4 ай бұрын

In the meantime, the facts have caught up with this video, I believe...

@IlRyanWilsonlI 4 ай бұрын

Jaxa : Will the real SLIM shady please stand up?...please?

@ndowroccus4168 4 ай бұрын

Impressive nonetheless….humans LOVE failure, they thrive from it….our most greatest achievements must give full credit to failure or accident…. Grsts & good luck Jaxs

@smartawesome376 4 ай бұрын

Good Lord Simon how many channels are you voicing at once?

@RandomGreymane 4 ай бұрын

I know it’s an already completed mission (SLIM did actually collect solar power eventually) but in theory couldn’t they have used the maneuvering thrusters to try and rotate the lander? It’s “light” and the gravity is obviously reduced. Just idle musings.

@zaco-km3su 4 ай бұрын

Did it? It might come back again.

@LordDustinDeWynd 4 ай бұрын

Solar cells on everything not facing the ground.

@danielgregus9456 4 ай бұрын

That's a good idea but probably be to heavy

@LordDustinDeWynd 4 ай бұрын

@@danielgregus9456 They were using featherweight thin-film cells.

@RogueSmithers 4 ай бұрын

If they would've learned anything from Battle Bots then they would've put flipping arms on it and it could've saved itself

@concretel10n 4 ай бұрын

I don't like how my brain keeps picturing landing on the Mun and not the Moon.

@IMTHEBIGGESTCUNT 4 ай бұрын

It’s about time some robot went there and either landed near or approached the Moon car the US left their ages ago… so we can all see it!

@OneBentMonkey 2 ай бұрын

A sub-attic bull elk is a new unit of weight measurement for me…good day. I think it’s 0.34 washing machines.

@TheKrispyfort 4 ай бұрын

Origami and a Pokeball on the lunar surface - very Japanese and very impressive

@nealodonnell620 4 ай бұрын

69th like. Nice. Awesome work from the internet's best sentient beard.

@tomwingo 4 ай бұрын

Another new channel from Simon

@Zuringa 4 ай бұрын

If it landed just fine, as you say it did, then why are it's solar panels facing the wrong way?

@gordythecreator 4 ай бұрын

MIRROR. Surely there's an angle an Orbiting Mirror (or laser) can redirect to the lander.

@gp8666 4 ай бұрын

so what you are telling me is that the leaping tank is possible to use on the moon

@geekswithfeet9137 4 ай бұрын

Give me the stick, bury the throttle and turn in hard, worked for me before

@briandeschene8424 4 ай бұрын

We would like another video on *that*. 5:35

@gianurwiler5098 4 ай бұрын

New Channel

@bioLarzen 4 ай бұрын

Wait - did you say Japan attempted two moon landings - and both went belly up because after landing the solar panels were/are looking in the wrong direction?

@vikrantparmar1973 4 ай бұрын

Just when you thought you'd seen it all you come across Simon hosting yet another channel called Astrographics... Wonder

@PrincessTS01 4 ай бұрын

we should get spaceX to send a Cybertruck to the moon, it should have plenty of power to boot up SLIM...

@Gu1tarJohn 4 ай бұрын

Could call it "Slim Shady"

@burtdurger847 4 ай бұрын

Would the real slim lander please power up

@Stevenchefjones 4 ай бұрын

Starting to think all my subs are to Simon's channels. 🎉❤

@ragingmonk6080 4 ай бұрын

Odd to keep calling it a precise landing if the panels were facing the wrong direction. Isn't that like backing you car into a parallel parking space? I would have pushed the word "successful" more so than "precise".

@tondekoddar7837 4 ай бұрын

How many Danny DeVitos does a standard subarctic bull elk weigh in this world ? :)

@mousermind 4 ай бұрын

"Japan Has a Rover on the Moon... But Could Be Lost Forever" You're saying that Japan could be lost forever?! 🙀

@lukasgayer5393 4 ай бұрын

Whatever happened to RTGs???? Why don't they include one? Solved.

@odril 4 ай бұрын

Mare are pronounced "M-ah-r-eh" as in the latin word for ocean.

@jussiniemi9560 4 ай бұрын

Who knows, one day we might get a human being on the moon.

@robsquared2 4 ай бұрын

Pound foot probably, not pound force. Imperial units are weird.

@Huginn87OG 4 ай бұрын

🎶Its SLIM shady Slim Shady, yes, its the real Shady All the other SLIM Shadys are just imitating So won’t the real SLIM Shady please stand up! Please stand up! Please stand up!🎶

@brandonotte3359 4 ай бұрын

What? How big are your suvs

@stevesteverson7909 4 ай бұрын

but slim what if you win. wouldnt that be cool

@dunkelctankwie8019 4 ай бұрын

So impressive it forgot to function

@Ionut-bg6vw 4 ай бұрын

KSP ah landing

@harlycorner 4 ай бұрын

The freaking lander has been back online for a while now. Why on earth did you even upload this heavily out of date video without any updates and corrections?

@CousinSteve 4 ай бұрын

No human has ever landed on the moon. Buzz Aldrin has admitted this it's not a conspiracy theory. Hopefully one day we will.

@remcovanvliet3018 4 ай бұрын

It's ON THE FUCKING MOON. By definition it's lost forever. Best case scenario you get to use it for a lil bit before it breaks, but you ain't getn that shit back.