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US nears attempt at first moon landing in 50 years with private robot spacecraft
- JohnFen 3y agoThe pedant in me couldn't resist... I don't think that a private spacecraft landing on the moon counts as "the US" landing on the moon.
- kirubakaran 3y agoI can't think of something more American than this
- JohnFen 3y agoPerhaps, but my point is that these efforts are not "national efforts", they're private efforts.
- dang 3y agoRelated ongoing thread: Private company landing on the moon today - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39465230 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39465230 - Feb 2024 (143 comments)