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US Company's Lunar Lander Will Burn up in Earth's Atmosphere After Failed Moonshot A U.S. company's lunar lander will soon burn up in Earth's atmosphere after a failed moonshot
usnews.com ^ | Jan. 15, 2024 | By Associated Press

Posted on 01/15/2024 11:09:56 AM PST by V_TWIN

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A U.S. company’s lunar lander will soon burn up in Earth’s atmosphere after a failed moonshot.

Astrobotic Technology said its lander is now headed back toward Earth from the vicinity of the moon. Company officials expect the mission to end Thursday. Astrobotic is working with NASA to track the lander's path and said it should pose no safety risk during its fiery reentry.

The lander, named Peregrine, rocketed from Cape Canaveral last Monday. It quickly developed a fuel leak that forced Astrobotic to abandon its attempt to make the first U.S. lunar landing in more than 50 years. The company suspects a stuck valve caused a tank to rupture.

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Probably needed more DEI
1 posted on 01/15/2024 11:09:56 AM PST by V_TWIN
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Probably needed more DEI

No, but maybe more Kubrick

2 posted on 01/15/2024 11:10:29 AM PST by montag813
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To: V_TWIN

Good news is more than 40% of NASA scientists are women. That includes the first NASA transgender Program Director.


3 posted on 01/15/2024 11:12:20 AM PST by nwrep
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The company suspects a stuck valve caused a tank to rupture.

A stuck valve caused by...racism!

4 posted on 01/15/2024 11:13:07 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: V_TWIN

It really is going to burn up, right?


5 posted on 01/15/2024 11:17:44 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: dfwgator

Remember when we did the Moonshot?

C’mon! C’mon!


6 posted on 01/15/2024 11:17:57 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: V_TWIN

Going into space is hard and very few people have the intellect to design aerospace components. And even then, they still sometimes fail.

Despite Hollywood and NASA propaganda that “anyone can do it.”


7 posted on 01/15/2024 11:18:45 AM PST by DarrellZero
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To: V_TWIN

Did this one have the human ashes in it for the moon?


8 posted on 01/15/2024 11:18:46 AM PST by alternatives?
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To: SaveFerris

I never had cause to question if we really landed on the moon until I realized the government lies about everything.


9 posted on 01/15/2024 11:21:21 AM PST by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: AndyJackson

I hope so!


10 posted on 01/15/2024 11:21:57 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: V_TWIN

Can’t we send a couple of astronaut gals up there to fix it?


11 posted on 01/15/2024 11:22:10 AM PST by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: alternatives?

Yes.


12 posted on 01/15/2024 11:24:45 AM PST by null and void (I identify as a conspiracy theorist. My personal pronouns are told/you/so.)
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To: Billthedrill

Probably brought to us by the same crew that engineered the Titan submersible


13 posted on 01/15/2024 11:24:45 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: Wilderness Conservative

I actually trust them on that one.

But there’s certainly a lot of people since the Lying Kenyan and Potato Joe...


14 posted on 01/15/2024 11:25:24 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: alternatives?

Yes

“NASA paid more than $100 million to fly experiments on the Peregrine lander. It’s part of the space agency’s bid to commercialize lunar deliveries by private businesses while the government works to get astronauts back to the moon.

The lander also carried a rover from Carnegie Mellon University and other privately sponsored research, as well as the ashes and DNA from about 70 people, including “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry and science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke”


15 posted on 01/15/2024 11:26:52 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: ComputerGuy

(gals)

Sorry....our Supreme Court newbie can’t define what a woman is.

So, you see, they’d also be unable to fulfill your request.

Very complicated, you know.


16 posted on 01/15/2024 11:27:38 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

Im still holding on to believing the moon landings but after that whopper about how “they attacked us because they hate us for our freedom”, I wont be fooled again.


17 posted on 01/15/2024 11:28:05 AM PST by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: V_TWIN

Oops!!


18 posted on 01/15/2024 11:29:39 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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“as well as the ashes and DNA from about 70 people, including “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry”

So now he will be Lost in Space?


19 posted on 01/15/2024 11:31:03 AM PST by alternatives?
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To: Wilderness Conservative

I hear ya.

When George W Bush said Z was the Winston Churchill of our time.......well it was about what I expect from him these days.


20 posted on 01/15/2024 11:31:16 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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