The Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lander tipped over after a landing gear broke on the surface of the moon during touchdown. Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus explains at a news briefing on Feb. 28, 2024.
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Yeah 50 years ago we were supposedly able to watch The Moon landing live yet in 2024 we had to wait hours after to even get data in days to just get pictures. Makes you wonder about what actually happened 50 years ago.
Logic: We've been using cars already 100+ yrs. Are the self-driven cars in the experimental phase only? Can you believe that? Old cars never existed except in films, I'm sure.
Seriously? Brilliant performance? Guys, it's 2024. The landing could have gone wrong, but the images you've shared are worse than those taken back during the Apollo days. Come on you guys, let's get serious and respect each other. We understand photography wasn't the main purpose for this lander as there were other things to be done, tested and performed. But sharing some crappy fisheye lens photos of such a low quality is way below expectations today when digital photography performed by tiny smartphone cameras is often phenomenal.
Back in 1969 Apollo, they were able to live TV broadcast from the moon "one giant step for mankind", and now 55 years later it takes days to figure out computer animations had wrong rendition of the real situation. Back in 1969, all were done with chemical film cameras, rotary dialing phones …
Stupid design, wasted taxpayer so much money. This happens when a stumped man has control of it. He makes everything else strong and durable, just the little bit of the critical part weak like hell, and he say it is for the sake of saving taxpayer's money.
I think Biden did the damage to this mission, he is more focused on stealing votes from the election, and NASA is his royal follower, shifted funding to the joint plot, and never have to worry about any fault they make being hold responsible.
Hey yall, I i know 8k cameras came out a decade ago, but heres some shitty low res fisheye on our mission that costs $297 million, we didn't have any money left for anything other than something that takes worse photos than 10 year old iphone 6 😂😂😂
Thing is, 20yrs ago, Dave from Solihull and his 8yr old lad could whip up a self righting mechanism for their fifty quid entry into Robot Wars. Matilda hangs her tusks in shame.
Yet …… in 1969 the moon landing went flawlessly with human beings aboard were able to transmit live video and audio and yet we are here over 50 years later not being able Sen video or audio. AMAZING!!!!
Imagine how easily this could have happened in Apollo… 😮. It nearly did on one…. The Apollo 15 LEM was tilted and the landing was almost hard and ended up tilted like 12 degrees..
In Dec 2020, China's Chang-5 lunar lander safely landed on the moon. Then it automatically sampled of 3.8 pounds (1,731 grams) of lunar rocks. Then it succesfully lifted off and rocketed the samples safely back to Earth. I wonder if USA/NASA is able to perform such mission at this stage.
The "Relentless Positivity" of a "spokesperson" whether he be an engineer or not seems SO VERY disingenuous. Yes there is much to be learned. Yes overall it is something of a success as the lander did function on the surface of the Moon. COMPLETELY glossing over the major procedural failures that brought this to occur and just white-washing this as "GREAT SUCCESS!!!" (Borat voice) just makes you look less competent and seemingly not self aware. NOT admitting fault is **NOT** "good science and engineering". Pretending "Nothing wrong here!" just makes you look weak. Your engineers and technicians deserve better.
I thought the most important experiment was to test for South Pole Moon Water? Did they ever test for that or was that impossible with the lander falling over?
You mean to tell me we can land a man on the moon 55 years ago using primitive computers and slide rulers, but we can't get a little tin can to land properly??!!
the article you wrote on this landing was all about the apollo bullshit. you couldnt even focus on this moon lander and only the moon lander. everytime i read your shit on moon landings all you do is talk about someone bullshit apollo days horseshit. everyone wants to hear only about todays moon landers, rovers, habitats , and anything about todays moon space ventures.
I see many people focusing on the broken leg, but they still got it to land on the moon. I dont see any of these naysayers doing what they did by landing a spacecraft on the moon.
according to the deniers they just have to go onto the set and set it back up. would save a lot of face.just deny it tipped over and right it back up.or is their thinking now is the cgi is too expensive for a complete mission just cut it short with a tip over?
Yeah 50 years ago we were supposedly able to watch The Moon landing live yet in 2024 we had to wait hours after to even get data in days to just get pictures. Makes you wonder about what actually happened 50 years ago.
You still believing they really went🤣🤣🤣🤣
I wonder how many people actually believe this is real
At the beginning of the "For All Mankind" series, Neil Armstrong landed in the same way with Apollo-11, breaking one of the legs of the lunar lander.
Your spokesperson needs to dial-back the adjectives, and just report the "brilliant" facts.
A page out of the Musk playbook – rocket explodes on launch pad, success!
Logic: We've been using cars already 100+ yrs.
Are the self-driven cars in the experimental phase only? Can you believe that?
Old cars never existed except in films, I'm sure.
Oh my God what a mess 😢
The big heroes here are the folks who reconfigured the navigation system to use the payload data sensors…in two hours. Brilliant.
This is a total failure. If this the 1960s, I would say it’s a success.
Seriously? Brilliant performance? Guys, it's 2024. The landing could have gone wrong, but the images you've shared are worse than those taken back during the Apollo days. Come on you guys, let's get serious and respect each other. We understand photography wasn't the main purpose for this lander as there were other things to be done, tested and performed. But sharing some crappy fisheye lens photos of such a low quality is way below expectations today when digital photography performed by tiny smartphone cameras is often phenomenal.
I like all the flowery language he is using the make the situation less daunting.
Make a flat surface lander next time.
How did you get thu the firmament tell us that
this is so obvious ! dont land untill the Odysseus while its still moving sideways. the computer was wrongly programed. end of story
1960 we send people to the moon. 2024. We cant land upright…😂
so much fakery
Back in 1969 Apollo, they were able to live TV broadcast from the moon "one giant step for mankind", and now 55 years later it takes days to figure out computer animations had wrong rendition of the real situation. Back in 1969, all were done with chemical film cameras, rotary dialing phones …
Stupid design, wasted taxpayer so much money. This happens when a stumped man has control of it. He makes everything else strong and durable, just the little bit of the critical part weak like hell, and he say it is for the sake of saving taxpayer's money.
….and 52 years ago we had people driving dune buggies on the moon…..lol 🤡 https://youtu.be/az9nFrnCK60?si=BjEmodeHYt4sKqIq
I think Biden did the damage to this mission, he is more focused on stealing votes from the election, and NASA is his royal follower, shifted funding to the joint plot, and never have to worry about any fault they make being hold responsible.
Hey yall, I i know 8k cameras came out a decade ago, but heres some shitty low res fisheye on our mission that costs $297 million, we didn't have any money left for anything other than something that takes worse photos than 10 year old iphone 6 😂😂😂
Thing is, 20yrs ago, Dave from Solihull and his 8yr old lad could whip up a self righting mechanism for their fifty quid entry into Robot Wars. Matilda hangs her tusks in shame.
Yet …… in 1969 the moon landing went flawlessly with human beings aboard were able to transmit live video and audio and yet we are here over 50 years later not being able Sen video or audio. AMAZING!!!!
Next one don't make it out of toothpicks
Imagine how easily this could have happened in Apollo… 😮. It nearly did on one…. The Apollo 15 LEM was tilted and the landing was almost hard and ended up tilted like 12 degrees..
Taking lessons from Boeing on how to claim a string of fuckups as a success.
I get it. My camera tripod tips over all the time. But my iPhone takes way better pics than the moon lander.
In Dec 2020, China's Chang-5 lunar lander safely landed on the moon. Then it automatically sampled of 3.8 pounds (1,731 grams) of lunar rocks. Then it succesfully lifted off and rocketed the samples safely back to Earth. I wonder if USA/NASA is able to perform such mission at this stage.
alllllll the technology we have alllllll the technology THEY have and best we can get is a 240p picture image thats all scrambled to shit…….
The "Relentless Positivity" of a "spokesperson" whether he be an engineer or not seems SO VERY disingenuous. Yes there is much to be learned. Yes overall it is something of a success as the lander did function on the surface of the Moon.
COMPLETELY glossing over the major procedural failures that brought this to occur and just white-washing this as "GREAT SUCCESS!!!" (Borat voice) just makes you look less competent and seemingly not self aware.
NOT admitting fault is **NOT** "good science and engineering". Pretending "Nothing wrong here!" just makes you look weak.
Your engineers and technicians deserve better.
I thought the most important experiment was to test for South Pole Moon Water? Did they ever test for that or was that impossible with the lander falling over?
You mean to tell me we can land a man on the moon 55 years ago using primitive computers and slide rulers, but we can't get a little tin can to land properly??!!
The dust flying out looks exactly like the Apollo lunar lander. Lovely.
Looks goofy fake to me
What a Fiasco
An embarrassment
the article you wrote on this landing was all about the apollo bullshit. you couldnt even focus on this moon lander and only the moon lander. everytime i read your shit on moon landings all you do is talk about someone bullshit apollo days horseshit. everyone wants to hear only about todays moon landers, rovers, habitats , and anything about todays moon space ventures.
No video footage…
Looks like the legs from my lawn chair
60's apollo with 3 astronaut ( VERTICAL LANDING ) success 6 time , but 2024 nano tech A.I. rover with a ton of advance sensor still can not …
They need the old slide rule guys to design the craft.
I see many people focusing on the broken leg, but they still got it to land on the moon. I dont see any of these naysayers doing what they did by landing a spacecraft on the moon.
according to the deniers they just have to go onto the set and set it back up. would save a lot of face.just deny it tipped over and right it back up.or is their thinking now is the cgi is too expensive for a complete mission just cut it short with a tip over?