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.
(Excerpt) Read more at usnews.com ...
2026 will never happen either—you can take that to the bank.
The list of outstanding issues in that linked article is long and ugly.
Many folks don’t realize that a major component has been outsourced to the European Space Agency—and they are truly lost on this stuff.
You need somebody like Elon Musk on this. Governments are useless now.
“Musk”
Agreed—but too late for Artemis.
They are going into the dust-bin of history—very slowly.
;-)
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.