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Re: Private company landing on the moon today

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Post by ewjt »

austinjp wrote: post #20
simmonmt wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How dare they attempt to defray their costs.

How dare they put an ad on the moon. We are truly spreading the worst of humanity into the cosmos. Good job it's only us that appear able to witness it. Defraying costs by using ads is a strawman. If you can't afford to do something, maybe don't do it. If you really, really want to do it, maybe ask yourself if the world genuinely needs what you're doing. If it does, find a way. If the only way you can do it is by sel…

That's an extreme position to take that rests on the claim that sponsorship/advertising is objectively bad.

Media & journalism have been underpinned by advertising for over a century. Tons of educational and informative services are available to the public for free because of advertising. Sponsorship has built art galleries, hospital wings, research centers, etc.

In this case, there's a relatively innocuous logo on a robotic lander that is 230k miles away on a desolate rock. It's not like this is a billboard in a nature preserve.

Re: Private company landing on the moon today

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Post by samatman »

psd1 wrote: post #153
acefaceZ wrote: post #101

I believe they are part of the recently setup homesteading program similar to what Alaska setup in the 80s. If they can put a stake in the ground they get 20 acres around the stake.

Reassuringly anachronistic to use acres as a unit of measure on the moon.

It's an official unit of the only flag on the Moon to date. What else would you suggest?

Re: Private company landing on the moon today

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Post by samatman »

austinjp wrote: post #20
simmonmt wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How dare they attempt to defray their costs.

How dare they put an ad on the moon. We are truly spreading the worst of humanity into the cosmos. Good job it's only us that appear able to witness it. Defraying costs by using ads is a strawman. If you can't afford to do something, maybe don't do it. If you really, really want to do it, maybe ask yourself if the world genuinely needs what you're doing. If it does, find a way. If the only way you can do it is by sel…

> If you can't afford to do something, maybe don't do it.

Clearly they can afford to do what they just did.

Oh, you don't like how they raised money? Good, pay attention to something else, they aren't doing things for your approval.

Re: Private company landing on the moon today

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Post by wolverine876 »

FactKnower69 wrote: post #175
JoeDaDude wrote: post #169

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You do realize this mission is taxpayer funded. Intuitive Machines is getting paid as part of a contract to NASA under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLIPS) program. https://www.nasa.gov/commercial-lunar-payload-services/ https://www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis/clps/intuitive-machine...

No way!! I thought private enterprise didn't need government handouts?

It's poor people and small businesses who don't need government handouts.

Re: Private company landing on the moon today

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Post by wolverine876 »

Loughla wrote: post #11
CartyBoston wrote: post #4

The spacecraft has an ad prominently displayed on itself, it's depressing. We will never reproduce the experience of 10 year old me watching the moon landing with my dad. It's all just egos and entertainment now.

I get where you're coming from with the AD on the spacecraft. It's gross to see an ad for a clothing company on the moon. But, NASA is predominately displayed on all of the original moonshot crafts. That's an advertisement for that organization. . . And, I'm 100% sure ego had nearly everything to do with the original space race. Beating the Russians and what-not. That seems, in hindsight, to be very ego driven?

NASA is an organization that represents the collective efforts of Americans (and others!). Columbia clothing is a private business that maximizes profit.

Re: Private company landing on the moon today

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Post by rkagerer »

malkia wrote: post #200

I didn't know about them. I recently watched the whole https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_All_Mankind_(TV_series) and was mesmerized by it - it's alternative reality fiction, where a private company comes to land on Mars!

Yeah, For All Mankind is a great show for people who are excited about this kind of stuff. It's an alternative-history fictional drama exploring "What if" the space race never ended.

Re: Private company landing on the moon today

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Post by krasin »

rkagerer wrote: post #206
malkia wrote: post #200

I didn't know about them. I recently watched the whole https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_All_Mankind_(TV_series) and was mesmerized by it - it's alternative reality fiction, where a private company comes to land on Mars!

Yeah, For All Mankind is a great show for people who are excited about this kind of stuff. It's an alternative-history fictional drama exploring "What if" the space race never ended.

Yep. Highly enjoyed its Season 1, but I wished I never watched any further - it feels complete at this point and the later seasons destroy the impression. Kind of like with The Matrix.

Note: some people have an opposite opinion, that the interesting stuff starts at Season 3.

Re: Private company landing on the moon today

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Post by strombofulous »

acefaceZ wrote: post #101

I believe they are part of the recently setup homesteading program similar to what Alaska setup in the 80s. If they can put a stake in the ground they get 20 acres around the stake.

This reminds me of countries who send pregnant women to antartica to (somehow) strengthen their land claims: https://medium.com/good-to-know/why-11-babies-have-been-born...

Like antartica, I'm sure someone with guns will tell us who really owns the moon as soon as it actually becomes relevant.

Re: Private company landing on the moon today

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Post by malkia »

krasin wrote: post #208
rkagerer wrote: post #206

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, For All Mankind is a great show for people who are excited about this kind of stuff. It's an alternative-history fictional drama exploring "What if" the space race never ended.

Yep. Highly enjoyed its Season 1, but I wished I never watched any further - it feels complete at this point and the later seasons destroy the impression. Kind of like with The Matrix. Note: some people have an opposite opinion, that the interesting stuff starts at Season 3.

I loved them all - but I can see your point!
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