Posted on 01/08/2024 6:32:19 AM PST by Red Badger
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—The first U.S. lunar lander in more than 50 years rocketed toward the moon Monday, launching private companies on a space race to make deliveries for NASA and other customers.
Astrobotic Technology’s lander caught a ride on a brand new rocket, United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan. The Vulcan streaked through the Florida predawn sky, putting the spacecraft on a roundabout route to the moon that should culminate with an attempted landing on Feb. 23.
“So, so, so excited. We are on our way to the moon!” Astrobotic chief executive John Thornton said.
The Pittsburgh company aims to be the first private business to successfully land on the moon, something only four countries have accomplished. But a Houston company also has a lander ready to fly, and could beat it to the lunar surface, taking a more direct path.
“First to launch. First to land is TBD,” to be determined, Mr. Thornton noted.
NASA gave the two companies millions to build and fly their own lunar landers. The space agency wants the privately owned landers to scope out the place before astronauts arrive while delivering NASA tech and science experiments as well as odds and ends for other customers. Astrobotic’s contract for the Peregrine lander: $108 million.
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Putting "AI" in the name doesn't change that.
BTW, I did my master's with a concentration in AI, particularly involved with image processing and scene analysis.
The picture is real.
Oh OK, didn’t catch the sarcasm, ya the tribe tried, but had the wrong info about the other part of the mission.
Because, of course, that version of the conspiracy theory is “less stupid”.
Even the Soviets didn’t dispute that astronauts landed on the Moon.
But who knows, maybe Russian space scientists are part of the Fake Moon Landing plot.
Only the amateur army of Van Allen Belt Truthers know the actual story. We are indebted to their heroic work in showing us that anyone who enters the Belt is instantly fried.
A wonderful book that discusses why the Russian reacted the way the did is this one:
https://www.amazon.com/One-Small-Step-Great-Dominate/dp/1905570120
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