Posted on 03/02/2025 3:20:00 AM PST by Ezekiel
Blue Ghost just became the second private spacecraft ever to soft-land on the moon.
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander just etched its name into the history books.
Blue Ghost aced its touchdown try early this morning (March 2), becoming just the second private spacecraft ever to soft-land on the moon. The lander hauled 10 science experiments to the lunar surface for NASA, which was understandably happy with today's result.
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“On March 14, Firefly expects to capture high-definition imagery of a total eclipse when the Earth blocks the sun above the moon’s horizon,” Firefly representatives wrote in a mission description.
“Blue Ghost will then capture the lunar sunset on March 16, providing data on how lunar dust levitates due to solar influences and creates a lunar horizon glow first documented by Eugene Cernan on Apollo 17,” they added. “Following sunset, Blue Ghost will operate several hours into the lunar night.”
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Wake me up when men return to the moon.
You've got to be JoeCain..
Interesting tripling anomaly in the transcript:
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at the end of this device, we'll administer the eye test.
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Everybody thought the agency was a joke, except the aliens who made contact March 2, 1961, outside New York.
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[Z] A slight flash... Everybody thought the agency was a joke, except the aliens who made contact March 2, 1961, outside New York.
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Everybody thought the agency was a joke, except the aliens who made contact March 2, 1961, outside New York.
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There were nine of us the first night...
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2 Mar, 2025 6:20 AM
Speed: 6.27 mph
Course: NW
Elevation: 40.98 ft.
Batt: Low
Lat: 28.199436
Lon: -86.477401
https://share.garmin.com/SSUNITEDSTATES
“Wake me up when men return to the moon.”
The technology being developed for the robotics & surface integrated communitions networks between various robotics. Good stuff. Amazing development. And very necessary for future strategic goals.
By the time they do, it will be littered with junk.
Yup—our robots vs Chinese troops.
It could be interesting.
Lol.
lol!!
Sounds like we’ll get to see some cool imagery soon.
Wake me when we are two days from Mars.
Better wake up! Because if you check the tracking, it's maybe only one day until her M.A.R.S. arrival:
https://share.garmin.com/SSUNITEDSTATES
No ETA out there yet, and as of this post, the last coordinates are still stuck on 6:20, ~ 2 hours ago.
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Nice!
Reminder:
Starship Flight 8, March 3, 4PM CT
The question is what is the terminal velocity of US bullets fired in a vacuum on the moon.
It must be around 6000 mph.
I don’t wanna see any snickers wrappers on the moon, and rake over your footprints when you are done- leave it better than you found it.
They should put up a giant disco ball to ca5ch the sun so folks can see it fro. Earth- who onows, some intergalactic disco dancers might just stop by to boogie on down
Will the powder ignite within oxygen?
2 hours Ago...
A historic lunar landing for NASA? Other than providing our money, how exactly is this a NASA success? Private company lander put in space by a private company rocket.
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