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Privately built lunar lander makes history with successful moon touchdown (www.nbcnews.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It's not very reassuring that the last attempt crashed and burned, then NASA had to come in with the save on the landing for this one (the lander's laser landing guidance failed, and NASA jumped in with "don't worry, we brought one too just in case"

[โ€“] NocturnalMorning 3 points 10 months ago

It's probably a joint effort anyway, they almost always are.

[โ€“] SergeantScar 2 points 9 months ago

Their lasers failed because they forgot to turn them on (physical switch before launch).... Unbelievable.