Exactly, you don't just exit for $32B. There's definitely more to the story, which feels "manufactured" for lack of better words.
I'm honestly curious, but what do you think that is?
- 3 by China: All success
- 1 by Japan (along with a rover from UAE): Failed
- 1 by Israel: Failed
- 1 by Russia: Failed
- 2 by India: Previous one failed. This one succeeded
I can see why the entire world would be excited by something like this. I hope that there will be routine landings by different players and that the landing guidance would be perfected.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_missions_to_the_Moon#M...
1- was an orbiter: Success
2- Orbiter+ lander&rover: Partial success, orbiter succeed but lander crashed.
3- Lander&rover: Succesful.