Odysseus broke leg on landing thanks to overlooked laser switch

Image from Odysseus showing the broken leg and the plume from the throttling engine

As the Odysseus Moon lander faces its final hours of life, it turns out there's one final twist in the saga: The spacecraft broke one of its legs on landing, thanks to a cascade of mistakes that began back on Earth, when a safety switch wasn't flicked on prior to launch.

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