This mission, while still impressive in several facets, has turned out ot be a bit of a bummer, however yet another good reminder for everyone that technology does not conquer everything and space is still hard just as it was back in the 60s.
It's pretty cool though how the thing was teetering on one side and we could still manage to get it to send us data before the battery died. I like that scrappy attitude space scientists have about salvaging small wins from a bad situation.
...into the light of a dark black night.
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