Blue Ghost Moon lander to touch down in about 10 min

[Red Squirrel]

Had no idea this was even happening just caught it on Youtube.

 

[BoomerD]

Well...that was underwhelming.

 

[Red Squirrel]

lol yeah, hopefully they show some footage soon. I imagine they don't have the bandwidth to send it in real time.

 

[Kaido]

 

[Kaido]

Buzz Aldrin watching the landing:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1896123720198180870

 

[Kaido]

 

[Kaido]

So clear it looks fake lol:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1894869263359279254

 

[GodisanAtheist]

Bout time we got some new high res space photos.

Now go land at the OG landing sites, would be wild to see the old flag and equipment left behind...

 

[Kaido]

Interesting:

Blue Ghost has become the second privately built vehicle to land on the moon successfully.

 

[Kaido]

Bout time we got some new high res space photos.

Now go land at the OG landing sites, would be wild to see the old flag and equipment left behind...

They said they could have live-streamed it, but they needed the bandwidth for communication:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1896154222837862590

 

[WilliamM2]

Why are we doing something less than we accomplished 56 years ago?

 

[GodisanAtheist]

Why are we doing something less than we accomplished 56 years ago?

- Because of doctrinal decay. We didn't exercise the muscle for too long and forgot all the institutional best practices along the way.

Now we have to start again, not at the beginning, but not right where we left off either.

 

[Kaido]

 

[Brainonska511]

They say privately built, as if things that involve public agencies are somehow bad, but if I recall, lots of private companies were involved in design and execution in the Apollo program, working alongside the government to build up this base of knowledge that others can build on today. The original lunar lander was built by Grumman - definitely not a government agency.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

They say privately built, as if things that involve public agencies are somehow bad, but if I recall, lots of private companies were involved in design and execution in the Apollo program, working alongside the government to build up this base of knowledge that others can build on today. The original lunar lander was built by Grumman - definitely not a government agency.

-"Public" in American just means funded by taxpayer money.

Virtually nothing about the Apollo program, at the ground level, was done without private contractor involvement.

 

[Brainonska511]

-"Public" in American just means funded by taxpayer money.

Virtually nothing about the Apollo program, at the ground level, was done without private contractor involvement.

Yeah... but Blue Ghost is part of a public/private partnership between NASA and industry, and it was carrying NASA instrumentation. It's hardly like some privately funded, privately built thing here.

 

[MrSquished]

It's good to see potential non Nazi or Fascist owned private space enterprise unlike Space-X or Blue Origin.

 

[Kaido]

Yeah... but Blue Ghost is part of a public/private partnership between NASA and industry, and it was carrying NASA instrumentation. It's hardly like some privately funded, privately built thing here.

 

[Indus]

It's good to see potential non Nazi or Fascist owned private space enterprise unlike Space-X or Blue Origin.

Don't be surprised if Bezos dumps Trump/ MAGA if the opportunity presents itself.

He's still an asshole.. anti labor asshole but he's not a true believer.

Different shades of gray.

 

[MrSquished]

Don't be surprised if Bezos dumps Trump/ MAGA if the opportunity presents itself.

He's still an asshole.. anti labor asshole but he's not a true believer.

Different shades of gray.

Not 100% sure about that, and regardless, I don't differentiate between opportunists and believers like that, they are all on the same page of evil as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Kaido]

No cheese found

 

[Indus]

Not 100% sure about that, and regardless, I don't differentiate between opportunists and believers like that, they are all on the same page of evil as far as I'm concerned.

I don't know man.. for 25 years if he harbored nazi feelings.. I feel we'd have known about it now.. they can't help themselves but tell who they are deep down..

And I get the feeling he doesn't like Trump which is why he sent his henchmen to negotiate a deal or something rather than look like a trump beautiful being at every opportunity.

Think he's just not wanting his nudes out after what happened.. just the vibe I get.

But yeah asshole.. just not a Nazi.

 

[MrSquished]

I don't know man.. for 25 years if he harbored nazi feelings.. I feel we'd have known about it now.. they can't help themselves but tell who they are deep down..

And I get the feeling he doesn't like Trump which is why he sent his henchmen to negotiate a deal or something rather than look like a trump beautiful being at every opportunity.

Think he's just not wanting his nudes out after what happened.. just the vibe I get.

But yeah asshole.. just not a Nazi.

Why does one have to be a white nationalist fascist all their life? Why can't they become one?

also, one thing Bezos has shown for life is that he values money and not anything like philanthropy. He is driven by greed. He is one of the richest men in the world, he can choose the bed he lies in and he has made a clear choice.

I don't accept any of these excuses.

 

[Red Squirrel]

So clear it looks fake lol:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1894869263359279254

Feels like playing Kerbal Space Program. Pretty surreal footage.

 

[Kaido]

Feels like playing Kerbal Space Program. Pretty surreal footage.

I've been hoping the VR port will get sped up: