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Firefly ‘Blue Ghost’ lunar lander touches down on the moon
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Re: Firefly ‘Blue Ghost’ lunar lander touches down on the moon
#12Here are the pictures it has taken so far:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/fireflyspace/albums/7217772031...
There's also a cool lunar flyover video taken during final deorbit.
Re: Firefly ‘Blue Ghost’ lunar lander touches down on the moon
#13As a former Intuitive Machines employee, I feel obligated to correct the title! IM-1 landed on the moon last February and although it didn't stay upright, it was still operational and returned some decent scientific data.
Re: Firefly ‘Blue Ghost’ lunar lander touches down on the moon
#14> Cedar Park, Texas For those who don’t live in Texas, many people who live in Cedar Park would say they are from Austin. It’s a suburb to the North. I know an engineer from Firefly from years ago. She was always fascinating to talk to. I also sold my MK3s+ 3D printer to a firefly employee via Craigslist a few years ago. I’m glad they’re having some success.
And they do all their manufacturing in Briggs, TX about 30 minutes north of their HQ.
Re: Firefly ‘Blue Ghost’ lunar lander touches down on the moon
#15Anyone know if they flew over the site of the Apollo 11 lunar module landing?
Surely they'd do it just for the publicity and ability to shut up Joe Rogan and the other nutjobs that consider that landing fake.
Re: Firefly ‘Blue Ghost’ lunar lander touches down on the moon
#16More discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43224107
Thanks! Macroexpanded:
Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 Lunar Landing - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43224107 - March 2025 (40 comments)
Blue Ghost Moon landing Sunday 3:30am EST using Earth GPS lock 238000 miles away - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43222015 - March 2025 (3 comments)
Nyx Space and Rust Power Firefly's Blue Ghost Lunar Landing - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43217811 - March 2025 (1 comment)
Re: Firefly ‘Blue Ghost’ lunar lander touches down on the moon
#17As a former Intuitive Machines employee, I feel obligated to correct the title! IM-1 landed on the moon last February and although it didn't stay upright, it was still operational and returned some decent scientific data.
(This comment was posted at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43235933, where the title was "Firefly Aerospace becomes first commercial company to successfully land on moon". We merged that thread hither.)
Re: Firefly ‘Blue Ghost’ lunar lander touches down on the moon
#18Hell yeah! It would be very cool if we are able to properly colonize the moon in my lifetime. Even if we don't have humans living there like in Futurama (as cool as that would be), it would be unbelievably cool if we have constant back-and-forth trips to the moon. Or we could just blow it up, which might be fun in its own right: https://youtu.be/GTJ3LIA5LmA
There is no reason for humans to ever return to the moon. The cost and risks are not justified. Drones and robots can do anything that needs to be done. They don’t need to breathe, they don’t need to sleep, or eat.
Re: Firefly ‘Blue Ghost’ lunar lander touches down on the moon
#19Anyone know if they flew over the site of the Apollo 11 lunar module landing? Surely they'd do it just for the publicity and ability to shut up Joe Rogan and the other nutjobs that consider that landing fake.
They did, they flew over the same set at Area 51 (/s???)
Re: Firefly ‘Blue Ghost’ lunar lander touches down on the moon
#20Anyone know if they flew over the site of the Apollo 11 lunar module landing? Surely they'd do it just for the publicity and ability to shut up Joe Rogan and the other nutjobs that consider that landing fake.
Would it? Surely they'd just claim that this new company is themselves "in on the hoax".