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China's moon rover dies of extreme old age, after two-and-a-half years

Alan Brown Silver badge

"Or didn't believe it?"

The extremes are even worse than can be simulated in an earthbound thermal vacuum chamber - and unlike spacebased stuff (which can rotate to spread the heat evenly), this kind of abuse tends to make things break in relatively short order just on uneven thermal expansion/contraction.

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