The Week (19th-25th): Three or Four Launches of Interest PLUS a Moon Landing
• Electron launch from NZ of Astroscale space-junk rendezvous demo
• Falcon9 HTS from the Cape
• IM-1 Moon Landing (post-landing nailbiter) Moon lander status overview vid
• Falcon9 Starlink from VSFB
• Falcon9 Starlink from the Cape (pretty)
Next Week:
Two launches on Friday
Looks like the lands made it. but ‘tripped’ (if you will),t and managed to and come to rest horizontally instead of standing up. Good news, the side that is facing down does not contain any experiments or instrumentation, but an art plaque.
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2024/02/24/odysseus-moon-lander-tipped-over-onto-a-rock-during-landing-n3783507
Good link
Thanks
…I do what I can.
This is going to complicate Joe Biden’s claiming credit for “The U.S. returns to the moon”.
Wellll…, the U.S. did, thanks to Intuitive Machines and SpaceX/Elon.
All the gov’t did was provide the launch pad. (Yes, I am assuming that it was a SpaceX team that ran the launch.)
Such habits we build. I often find myself looking for a like button.
Any word if the little rover with the bottle cap wheels might be able to escape the lander?
–mech
EagleCam hasn’t been deployed, yet;
but the kids at Embry‑Riddle seem optimistic.
https://news.erau.edu/headlines/eaglecam-updates-embry-riddle-device-lands-on-moon
Aside:
Sorry I haven’t posted much, this week;
but I’ve been distracted…
what some folks call ‘lazy’
Also,
everything seems to piss me off, lately,
so what I thought about posting wasn’t any fun
That’s what cigars and beverages are for.