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Oops: Failed U.S. Moon Lander Now Hurtling Back TOWARDS Earth
Breitbart ^
| 15 Jan 2024
| Simon Kent
Posted on 01/15/2024 9:25:34 AM PST by fwdude
The NASA-backed Peregrine One moon lander is now hurtling back towards Earth after last week failing on its historic journey.
Astrobotic, which had been hoping to hoping to land the first American-made spacecraft on the Moon in more than 50 years, predicts its spacecraft will likely burn up in the atmosphere in the next few days, the BBC reports.
Experts had been working with NASA and other space companies to find the most safe and responsible way of ending Peregrine’s mission.
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To: Georgia Girl 2
Not this again. Moon orbiters have pictures
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posted on
01/15/2024 9:53:33 AM PST
by
calljack
(Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
To: fwdude; 3catsanadog; agrace; airborne; Ayn Rand wannabe; bdeaner; Benrand; bloodmeridian; ...
Astrobotic's luminaries, based in the 'Burgh
To: fwdude
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-to-join-astrobotics-media-call-on-peregrine-mission-one-status
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posted on
01/15/2024 9:57:02 AM PST
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
To: fwdude
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posted on
01/15/2024 9:57:41 AM PST
by
HIDEK6
(God bless Donald Trump. )
To: martin_fierro
Which ones are the DEI hires?
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posted on
01/15/2024 10:06:17 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: fwdude
Betcha this American Moon Lander costs 10 times more than the one made by India that successfully landed on the dark side of the moon.
To: EnderWiggin1970
Yeah, I read the blurb. Pretty disturbing on many different levels. The lack of critical thinking in the drafting is appalling - “NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon”.
Notice the blurb does not say anything about returning that woman or person of color safely back to the earth - a mission goal that JFK was pretty emphatic about when he launched the first space race to the moon.
Thinking I would skip this project.
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posted on
01/15/2024 10:20:46 AM PST
by
rdcbn1
To: martin_fierro
Gone are the days of pocket protectors for engineers , or so it seems
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posted on
01/15/2024 10:22:38 AM PST
by
rdcbn1
To: Georgia Girl 2
in 1969 we got the best of the best, today everyone hired is a DEI hire.
To: SeekAndFind
Betcha this American Moon Lander costs 10 times more than the one made by India that successfully landed on the dark side of the moon.
You got me wondering, so I looked it up:
They're actually surprisingly comparable: Chandraayan-3 cost ~$77 million, while Peregrine cost $79 million originally, which ballooned up to $108 million- but Peregrine also had more sensors embarked on it, and 2 rovers to Chandraayan-3's single rover.
And don't forget, Chandraayan-1 (an orbiter) ($116M corrected for inflation) failed less than halfway through its expected minimum mission length, and the Chandrayaan-2 lander (117.6M corrected for inflation) failed on descent and crashed.
I suspect that if NASA hadn't contracted this out to a private company, your suspicion would be absolutely correct (with the possible amendment of adding something like "and ended up 7 years behind schedule")
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posted on
01/15/2024 10:41:58 AM PST
by
verum ago
(I figure some people must truly be in love, for only love can be so blind.)
To: fwdude
rocket science: keep blowing shit up until something flies, now new and improved with more DEI!
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posted on
01/15/2024 10:42:17 AM PST
by
catnipman
(A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil)
To: fwdude
Please provide any concrete evidence you have that woke hiring practices at Astrobotic were related to the failure of their spacecraft.
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posted on
01/15/2024 10:43:47 AM PST
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: EnderWiggin1970
With Artemis missions, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon,
first sentence i stopped reading afterit
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posted on
01/15/2024 10:47:49 AM PST
by
al baby
(I know )
To: martin_fierro
They all look like they fondled themselves be hide the agapanthus in grade school
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posted on
01/15/2024 10:50:19 AM PST
by
al baby
(I know )
To: fwdude
I’ll give you the microchip, but IMO the rest of your points are open to question.
To: SeekAndFind
India has 3X our population; but, as I understand it, the US has 50X their national debt.
To: fwdude
How far we’ve crashed! Even India has surpassed us in getting to the moon!
Not to mention China!
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posted on
01/15/2024 11:10:52 AM PST
by
aquila48
(Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
To: al baby
hide the agapanthus Had to look that up.
Look at you, all scientific 'n' sheet.
To: EnderWiggin1970
From your post:
<>"With Artemis missions, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon, using innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before."<>
The rest to soon follow.
Seems a bit misogynistic and homophobic for a "Muslim Outreach" agency.
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posted on
01/15/2024 11:17:48 AM PST
by
Aevery_Freeman
(I didn't mis-gender you, You did!)
To: EnderWiggin1970
Seems the racist leftists figure if things go bad the DEI moonbats are expendable.
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posted on
01/15/2024 11:30:17 AM PST
by
Mogger
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