Why reuse hardware from a CubeSat?
Flight data can reduce uncertainty about components and instrument behavior, but reuse does not eliminate redesign. Lunar temperature swings, long periods of darkness, integration needs and mission schedules create new verification work.
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A CubeSat Instrument May Give a Lunar Mission a Faster StartNASA says a flight-proven CubeSat detector is being adapted for a planned lunar instrument, with new environmental demands still to solve.
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