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> "Moon Express engineers have combined the latest exponential technologies in micro-avionics with advanced propulsion and materials to create an innovative app
by austinz 13y ago
> "Moon Express engineers have combined the latest exponential technologies in micro-avionics with advanced propulsion and materials to create an innovative approach to spacecraft design and fabrication, empowered by leading edge Autodesk digital design tools to help make the impossible possible and reach for the Moon."
The web site is filled with vapid copy, but this rather meaningless sentence takes the cake. There are a bunch of interesting XPrize teams working to land rovers on the moon; I wouldn't put any money on these guys.
- terravion 13y agoExactly! I'm only aware of two teams who have booked launch reservations: Astrobotic and Barcelona Moon Team. The exciting thing is that Astrobotic has been booked for October 2015 since may and Barcelona Moon Team just moved their date (which had not been specific) up to June 2015. At this point, it is hard to see anyone without a launch reservation as a serious contender.
- demallien 13y agoWhere on Earth do people learn to write this crap? Someone must be teaching it, because it's extremely prevalent, particularly from people in marketing. One if the minor joys of my life is that as a native English speaker leaving in France, people often ask me to "correct the English" of press releases. When I run into word salad like your example I just tell my interlocutor that I don't understand what they are trying to say. After many minutes of them explaining, I rewrite the paragraph in plain English :) begone marketing-speak, I hereby banish thee to the low gates of Hell!