Intuitive Machines lands on the moon in historic first for a U.S. company

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CNBC

Published Thu, Feb 22 2024 3:11 PM EST Updated 2 Min Ago


A U.S. company has gone to the moon – and into the history books. Intuitive Machines IM-1 mission reached the moon’s surface on Thursday evening, in the first American lunar landing since the Apollo era.

The company’s Nova-C cargo lander, named “Odysseus” after the mythological Greek hero, is the first U.S. spacecraft to land on the lunar surface since 1972. Adding to the feat, Intuitive Machines is the first company to pull off a moon landing — government agencies have carried out all previously successful missions.

“We are on the surface ... welcome to the moon,” Intuitive Machines’ mission control said. “Odysseus has found his new home.” There was an delay, as expected, between the landing and when engineers were able to assess its success.

A few minutes after the expected landing time, Intuitive Machines’ mission control was still trying to reconnect communications with the lander to confirm whether it landed. The company’s mission control ultimately picked up a signal and announced its lander was on the surface.



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Published Thu, Feb 22 2024 3:11 PM EST Updated 2 Min Ago


A U.S. company has gone to the moon – and into the history books.

Intuitive Machines IM-1 mission reached the moon’s surface on Thursday evening, in the first American lunar landing since the Apollo era.

The company’s Nova-C cargo lander, named “Odysseus” after the mythological Greek hero, is the first U.S. spacecraft to land on the lunar surface since 1972. Adding to the feat, Intuitive Machines is the first company to pull off a moon landing — government agencies have carried out all previously successful missions.

“We are on the surface ... welcome to the moon,” Intuitive Machines’ mission control said. There was delay between the landing and when engineers will be able to assess its success.

[patphil]

1. This is good.

[pfitz59]

2. Will need to land a lot of cargo pods

before a lunar station can be erected. I so want to see a manned station of the moon before I die. Stairway to the stars. As many have said "The earth is too fragile a basket to hold all mankind."

[BumRushDaShow]

3. Congrats on hitting 10K posts!!

You get the happy dance!

[Sneederbunk]

4. That's one small step for a machine. . . .

[angrychair]

5. At first I was interested

Now that I know it was a private company I am deeply disappointed and even more worried about the future of space.

Private companies only do things for profit. If we concede space to private enterprise than we are truly lost. There isn't a dystopian book or film that takes in space that didnt have a private company at its center

[ancianita]

8. I've felt the same way, but Intuitive Machines looks like the real deal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intuitive_Machines

Even if it deals with a SPAC.

[angrychair]

10. They are doing business

With companies like KBR so thats a big "no" from me

[Hotler]

11. Wow, i forgot what a piece of work this Co. is. This is the Dick Cheney's baby. I have always thought

that Liz Cheney speaking out is to protect the NECON interest. A fascist dictator could steal it at any time and there would be nothing they could do about it.
I remember Brown & Root being big anti union.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KBR_(company)

[EX500rider]

12. Isn't the US government one of kbr's largest customers

They certainly were when they were running bases in Afghanistan and Iraq

[larwdem]

9. OMG

Not Good!

[Martin68]

6. The future has arrived. It is corporations that will rule the world.

[twodogsbarking]

7. I can see it now, "Trump Cheese Company", with cheese from the moon. Pre-order now, operators are taking orders.

[Aristus]

13. A private corporation lands on the Moon a mere fifty-five years after the socialist government program beat them to it.

Yay, corporate America!

[EX500rider]

14. "Corporate" America built the Apollo rockets also

The Saturn V lead contractors were Boeing, North American Aviation, Douglas Aircraft Company, and IBM.

The Apollo Lunar Module was built by Grumman.

[Aristus]

15. I know. But the management organization (NASA), and all of its employees (astronauts) were government workers.

n/t

[EX500rider]

16. And that's somehow better?

No reason the government should have a monopoly on Space
it's open to all

[Aristus]

17. No. The whole thing was just a musing on the corporate lubejob about being

more efficient and cost-effective than the eeeevul gubmint.

And if it hadn't been for NASA juicing up the rocket propulsion game, corporate America would be building the best canvas biplanes in the world.