Nice thought but most of the time when the batteries drain the cold gets to them and it's game over.Spokesman is now saying that they are probably going to maintain the status quo rather than trying to fix the solar cell problem and possibly make things worse. They are hoping that when the sun reorients relative to the lander then the solar cell can catch some light and re-energize the batteries.
According to Scott Manley it has a powered pitch over manuever.@Spacedog49Krell Thank you for your detailed analysis of what you saw during the landing. Since I was on camera for a work call I could only furtively peek at a small screen with the readouts, and I wasn't sure what some of them were since the screen was small and I didn't have much attention to give to it at the time.
Hopefully JAXA will release an update soon with their interpretation of the landing. It's amazing, if the SLIM tumbled as we suspect, that they were able to remain in contact.
Time will tell.
Well whaddaya know?? A damn nozzle fell off!
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