American Company’s Spacecraft Malfunctions on Its Way to the Moon (www.nytimes.com)

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After a flawless launch to orbit, the privately built robotic Peregrine lander is unlikely to reach the lunar surface because of a failure in its propulsion system.

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[-] 8dotpi@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

It's not so weird, and if someone wants to take the extra risk with their own payload (and get a discount on the launch, i imagine) i see no problems with it.

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