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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[-] SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world 23 points 8 months ago

I would totally believe that the company that sold slots on a lunar lander to a ritzy funeral service, would cut corners on engineering

[-] oKtosiTe@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

But now how are they going to recover the bitcoin wallet they sent along?

What a pathetic species we are.

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 0 points 8 months ago

Weren't the Celestis cremated remains and the Astrobotic lunar lander separate payloads, going to different orbits? I don't think the two companies are affiliated apart from the rideshare.

[-] Meuzzin@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago

Was Boeing involved in the assembly of this craft? Just wondering...

[-] Yewb@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Going into space is hard, going to the moon is even harder!

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