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U.S. lands unmanned Odysseus spacecraft on moon
Yahoo! ^ | Thu, February 22, 2024 at 6:08 PM CST | Dylan Stableford and Caitlin Dickson

Posted on 02/22/2024 4:20:50 PM PST by Red Badger

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1 posted on 02/22/2024 4:20:50 PM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

“My fame has reached the skies.
Sunny Ithaca is my home. Atop her stands our seamark,
Mount Neriton’s leafy ridges shimmering in the wind.” (Odyssey)

And now Odysseus’ fame has reached beyond the skies, to the moon.


2 posted on 02/22/2024 4:22:40 PM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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The landing site is about 185 miles from the moon’s south pole................


3 posted on 02/22/2024 4:23:39 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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Altemus had estimated that Odysseus had an 80% chance of successfully landing on the moon, citing previous failed attempts as an advantage. “We’ve stood on the shoulders of everybody who’s tried before us,” Altemus said

Bereshith Launch date 22 February 2019, 01:45 UTC
Odyssey Landing date 22 February 2024 23:23 UTC

4 posted on 02/22/2024 4:23:59 PM PST by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
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"But after approximately 15 minutes of searching, officials confirmed that they were once again receiving signals from the spacecraft."

What's the frequency, Kenneth?


5 posted on 02/22/2024 4:27:44 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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Let’s hope it does not encounter any hostile lunatics (or whatever the inhabitants of the moon are called).


6 posted on 02/22/2024 4:28:19 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWkMhCLkVOg


7 posted on 02/22/2024 4:32:25 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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It's NOT the "U.S.". It's a privately owned company based in the United States.

A distinction WITH a difference.

8 posted on 02/22/2024 4:34:17 PM PST by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
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Got to keep the Loonies on the path..................


9 posted on 02/22/2024 4:34:40 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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mas acqui: https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4219312/posts


10 posted on 02/22/2024 4:38:29 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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Unmanned?? A little gender-assumption I think. Shouldn’t it be unpersoned?


11 posted on 02/22/2024 4:39:38 PM PST by wny
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Unpiloted.............?


12 posted on 02/22/2024 4:40:45 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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Awesome accomplishment to send a craft 238,000 miles to the moon! …Still Interesting that we haven’t gotten a man further than 380 miles since 1972.?.? 🤔


13 posted on 02/22/2024 4:40:55 PM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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But somehow we landed people who walked on the moon, with great comms and video via AT&T back to Nixon and others on earth 55 years ago.

Bwahahahahaha!!!


14 posted on 02/22/2024 4:42:23 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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So they have updated Surveyor 3 mission? That’s what, 1966. Not 1972.

In two years they hope to do another (crewed) flyby, first done in 1968

Thank you Senator Proxmire (D) Wisconsin, for killing NASA


15 posted on 02/22/2024 4:44:31 PM PST by Freedom4US
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Looks like wrapping paper that I wrapped my Christmas presents in


16 posted on 02/22/2024 4:47:18 PM PST by roving (Deplorable Listless Vessel Trumpist With Trumpitis and a Rainbow Bully)
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That’s one reason it’s so difficult.

I do not understand orbital mechanics. But it is much, much easier to land in the equatorial regions, than upper or lower latitudes.


17 posted on 02/22/2024 4:47:26 PM PST by Freedom4US
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A more American name would have been the Alice Kramden and would have fit in with Elon Musks Space X and Tesla etc. etc. humour.


18 posted on 02/22/2024 4:48:59 PM PST by xp38
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To: Verginius Rufus

“Lunertics”——they’re kept in the LunerMax prison.


19 posted on 02/22/2024 4:52:51 PM PST by OldWarBaby
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To: 9YearLurker

Question for the moon landing conspiracy: what rationale did the Soviets have for not pointing out it was fake?


20 posted on 02/22/2024 5:01:29 PM PST by Gunslingr3
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