January is going to be interesting. Two automated lunar landers from Intuitive Machines of Houston and Astrobotic of Pittsburgh are going to launch and hopefully land on the moon with a cadre of payloads including those commissioned by NASA via the Commercial Lunar Payload Service (CLPS) program. These first two independent missions are just the start of a series of landers which are an important precursor to the return of humans to the lunar surface. I was lucky to have visited Intuitive Machines recently and got to see the Nova-C Lander in their new facility at the Houston Spaceport just prior to it being shipped to Kennedy Space Center. Best of luck to Tim Crain and his team, hopefully earning the title of first US lunar landing since Apollo 17 in 1972!! https://lnkd.in/gfPuQdRw
Great post! It will indeed be interesting and exciting! The teams have worked a long time!
BRAVO...time to see some ACTION!
Will be interesting to see who is able to mine asteroids in space and use the materials on the spot to build space-based assets (without having to bring the raw materials back to Earth)
Thanks Daryl! #adlunam
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Sounds like a lot of fun Daryl. I wish you all the best in your new and exciting role 👍
Looking great!!🎉🎉🎉
Daryl, hope to see you soon
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