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Moon patch fail

It wasn't the save they thought it was

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David Kerley
Mar 02, 2024
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Hello everyone. It’s Good Reads Friday. But first, we learned a bit more about that Moon landing.


The story has changed a bit.

Odysseus is asleep. The first American spacecraft to reach the Moon’s surface in more than 50 years, has run out of power. It may wake up as as the Sun’s position changes over the lunar south pole landing site.

The CEO of Intuitive Machines (IM) had plenty of vocal “high-fives” about this landing by his Houston company. “A very successful mission… incredible testament… compelling… a daunting mission,” Steve Altemus told reporters.

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