The Moon

William Satner was co-narrating the landing on CNN. When they announced it had landed intact - you had to see the shit eating grin on his face.
:D

Fake news lands on Moon.

real story is we now litter on other planets, the moon is like a junk yard now.

William Satner was co-narrating the landing on CNN. When they announced it had landed intact - you had to see the shit eating grin on his face.
:D

good lookin MOON out there tonight… cell…

it survived
(y)

Well, sorta, unfortunately...

***CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — [A private U.S. lunar lander]('https://www.pressherald.com/2024/02/22/private-lander-touches-down-on-the-moon-but-sending-weak-signal/') tilted over at touchdown and ended up on its side near the moon’s south pole, hampering communications, company officials said Friday.

Intuitive Machines, the company that built the six-footed lander, initially said the Odysseus lander was upright after touchdown Thursday. But CEO Steve Altemus said Friday the craft “caught a foot in the surface and tipped” and landed on its side, likely leaning on a rock.***

“So far, we have quite a bit of operational capability even though we’re tipped over,” he said.

Look at the bright side! This, and the Japanese SLIM lander going over on its head, are definitive proof that teenage Moon Inhabitants have taken up "Lander Tipping" as a new past time. Guess they've been receiving TikTok transmissions from earth showing cow tipping and they're adjusting it to their own fun... ;););)

Would have thought they might have designed in some capability for it to right itself, just in case, given the terrain it was attempting to land on. Pure geniuses, probably a bunch of DEI hires.

appearently it came in too fast & one of it's legs snagged causing it to tip over

Getting crushed after hours when the news broke (5PM est) Friday). Would have been a good short Monday. Might still be

Intuitive and NASA held a news conference on Friday evening. The lander "is stable, near or at the intended landing site," said Intuitive CEO Steve Altemus. One hiccup though — the lander is on its side.

Altemus said the craft was going 25,000 miles an hour in orbit and landed at about 6 miles an hour, with a horizontal speed of about 2 miles an hour — a comfortable walking pace. The company believes one of the lander's feet caught on something on the way down, causing it to trip.

Intuitive and NASA held a news conference on Friday evening. The lander "is stable, near or at the intended landing site," said Intuitive CEO Steve Altemus. One hiccup though — the lander is on its side.

Altemus said the craft was going 25,000 miles an hour in orbit and landed at about 6 miles an hour, with a horizontal speed of about 2 miles an hour — a comfortable walking pace. The company believes one of the lander's feet caught on something on the way down, causing it to trip.

[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.yahoo.com/news/odysseus-moon-lander-tipped-over-181125223.html[/URL]

[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.yahoo.com/news/sideways-moon-landing-cuts-mission-152620409.html[/URL]

another month going bye… cellie…
.

Lookin bright tonight

Last night was the Pink Moon, because the pink phlox is blooming...

This morning’s moon

This morning’s moon

saw that, it was big and bright

Flower Moon Tonight, but check this tide schedule.
[LIST]
[*]Extremely wimpy, but this time of year New Moon better than Full Moon. A "manly tide" moon tide will have a tidal range of almost 14'. Today's ~8' is neap tide status
[*]The time of the AM/PM high/low tide is only 1 minute different, not the normal 13ish minutes
[/LIST]
All the reason for ignoring your analog tide clock and getting something digital that pulls the data from the NOAA database.

Strawberry Moon

[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.almanac.com/content/full-moon-june[/URL]