cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/15122127
Context: https://spacenews.com/im-1-lunar-lander-tipped-over-on-its-side/
Joking aside, it's still pretty impressive. Landing on the moon is not easy. They landed softly, and the payloads are healthy, so overall I'd consider it a win.
Not precisely defense, and perhaps a bit too credible, but I thought some folks here might enjoy this. Feel free to remove if it doesn't fit the community. Cheers!
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Isn't this the second lander that's fallen on it's face recently?
There have been a several lunar landing attempts recently. ispace (🇯🇵) crashed, Roscosmos (🇷🇺) crashed, ISRO (🇮🇳) landed upright, Astrobotic (🇺🇲) didn't make it to the moon, JAXA (🇯🇵) landed upsidedown, and now Intuitive Machines (🇺🇲) landed sideways. Moon landings are difficult.
Using the USA flag for Intuitive Machines is a tad disingenuous, they're not a public US arm that represents the nation and it's people, they're just a private for profit company, same as Amazon or McDonalds.
They don't care what country they're in, they just go where they think they can make the most money. Right now they think that's the USA.
They're more than happy to cash in on American pride and nostalgia by slapping a bunch of flags all over their corporate space equipment and trying to spin this as "The first American moon landings since Apollo", haha.
NASA paid for it, and ITAR restrictions mean they're probably pretty dang American.