I’m no expert but doing polar landing would involve a plane change maneuver after you arrive in moon orbit (or some clever orbital mechanics to minimize delta-v losses and somehow do it in a single burn (both capture and plane change).
Apart from that, I’d presume theres also complexity of the landing site not being directly visible from earth, necessitating re-transmissions from the orbiter.
Not something that hasn’t been done before by any chance, but still harder than say USSR’s lunokhod missions.
Though this is mostly coming from my Kerbal Space Program experience.
Apart from that, I’d presume theres also complexity of the landing site not being directly visible from earth, necessitating re-transmissions from the orbiter.
Not something that hasn’t been done before by any chance, but still harder than say USSR’s lunokhod missions.
Though this is mostly coming from my Kerbal Space Program experience.