Although it is not very common in terms of trends, there are people from Mexico who are quite interested in space, to venture to cooperate with their knowledge in other countries and thus create projects that may have the possibility of reaching the stars of the world. galaxies or other planets. Thus, a module known as Peregrine attempted to reach the moon, which unfortunately would not be able to achieve its goal due to gasoline consumption problems.
As mentioned, its mission Peregrine Launched from a rocket Vulcan Centaur D United Launch Alliance (ULA) from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, with the intention of reaching the alleged star, but it is reported that the purpose of parking on February 23 will not be possible. good company astrobotic He says he only has enough liters of fuel for 40 hours.
This is what they mentioned:
If the thrusters can continue to operate, we believe the spacecraft can continue in a stable position for another 40 hours based on current fuel consumption.
The aim is for the craft to reach the moon in 46 days, making it the second to land on the moon after doing the same in 1972, a craft built entirely by study crews. National Autonomous University of Mexico. For now, the only objective is to get the piece of metal closer to its target, although it is possible that it will get stuck in space.
One of Colmena’s missions was to mine the moon by some means, but ultimately they had to conduct new experiments to accomplish the goal.
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Editor’s note: They were a little short of their objective, as the ship would arrive on February 23, probably having failed due to excessive fuel consumption or something similar. Well, the target was about 30 days away. Good thing that tests exist for this.
