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First US Lunar Lander in More Than 50 Years Rockets Toward Moon With Commercial Deliveries
Epoch Times ^
| 1/8/2024
| Staff
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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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: moon; nasa; spaceexploration; themoon
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To: cgbg
Your dishonest and ignorant articles haven’t improved since the last time I looked at them ...
Quit promoting lies.
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posted on
01/08/2024 11:17:46 AM PST
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: NorthMountain
Listen to what modern astronauts have to say.
They know they are not going to “dodge” the Van Allen belts.
Lol.
When your life is on the line the propaganda and myths becomes irrelevant—you have to get it right.
82
posted on
01/08/2024 11:19:32 AM PST
by
cgbg
("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
To: cgbg
You keep regurgitating that stuff ... you even use the (correct) term “belt” ... but you can’t admit the implications of that term. Admitting them would destroy your mythos.
83
posted on
01/08/2024 11:22:36 AM PST
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: maddog55
I saw a DHL sticker on the lunar lander -PJ
84
posted on
01/08/2024 11:23:50 AM PST
by
Political Junkie Too
( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
To: cgbg
if faked just where in the HELL did all the moon rocks come from and studied by not just NASA but all over the world.
85
posted on
01/08/2024 12:26:05 PM PST
by
markman46
(engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
To: Jan_Sobieski
please just stop with the fake BS..
86
posted on
01/08/2024 12:28:33 PM PST
by
markman46
(engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
To: SC DOC
BTW my DNA is on board, as part of LifeShip’s “seed bank”
not on the lander, but on the centur going into a heliocentric orbit
87
posted on
01/08/2024 12:29:51 PM PST
by
markman46
(engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
To: markman46
88
posted on
01/08/2024 12:30:42 PM PST
by
cgbg
("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
To: cgbg
just STOP with you ignorant BS
makes you look like a fool
89
posted on
01/08/2024 12:35:07 PM PST
by
markman46
(engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
To: markman46
I did not write the article.
If you want to call someone a “fool” at least identify those writers by name—and make sure to note their credentials.
Lol.
90
posted on
01/08/2024 12:36:31 PM PST
by
cgbg
("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
To: markman46
What are you talking about?
91
posted on
01/08/2024 12:53:59 PM PST
by
Jan_Sobieski
(Sanctification)
To: UCANSEE2
Something like this I think
92
posted on
01/08/2024 1:07:15 PM PST
by
TheDon
(Resist the usurpers! Remember the J6 political prisoners!)
To: markman46
It was on the Peregrine lander. LifeShip partnered with Arch Mission for a payload on the lander. After detaching the Lander, Centaur proceeded to heliocentric orbit with the Celestis payload (called Enterprise) carrying the ashes and DNA from a number of people associated with the original Star Trek.
It is now a moot point, as the lander will unlikely be landing on the moon, but will likely go into permanent lunar orbit. Link
The Navajos probably put a curse on the mission.
93
posted on
01/08/2024 2:42:20 PM PST
by
SC DOC
(A)
To: SC DOC
that was the info i got also the enterprise payload.
wonder what the Navajo curse was
94
posted on
01/08/2024 2:54:25 PM PST
by
markman46
(engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
To: Jan_Sobieski
the moon landings were not fake.
why do you think the russans never sent a manned mission to the moon? ummm because we got there first..
you think the photos of earthrise from apollo 8 were fake??
95
posted on
01/08/2024 2:57:17 PM PST
by
markman46
(engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
To: markman46
The moonrise pictures were real, but from Low Earth Orbit.
96
posted on
01/08/2024 3:49:51 PM PST
by
Jan_Sobieski
(Sanctification)
To: markman46
“ why do you think the russans never sent a manned mission to the moon?”
Actually it’s because the Russian equivalent of the Saturn V, a rocket large enough to put their men on the moon blew up during a static test killing several techs and scientists and virtually wrecking their lunar launch facility. At that point they were several years behind and just gave up.
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posted on
01/08/2024 4:02:22 PM PST
by
The Louiswu
(Pray for Peace in the world.)
To: markman46
That was a bit of sarcasm. The Navajos, along with a number of other tribes did everything they could to try to block or delay the launch, saying the moon would be desecrated.
Link
98
posted on
01/08/2024 4:08:19 PM PST
by
SC DOC
(A)
To: Jan_Sobieski
The above picture was NOT taken from low earth orbit.
99
posted on
01/08/2024 5:13:58 PM PST
by
Campion
(Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
To: Campion
Run it through GoogleAI’s deep fake detection software. I am guessing it will come back as “Fake” like all the other Apollo pictures.
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