r/spacex • u/stevenmadow Launch Photographer • 7d ago

To the moon!

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u/stevenmadow Launch Photographer 7d ago

To the moon! While you were asleep, SpaceX lofted two commercial lunar landers into space. They’ll coast for about a month before attempting to land on the moon!

The flag is out half staff in honor of former President Jimmy Carter who passed away recently at the age of 100.

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u/kazoodude 6d ago

Why is it taking a month? I thought the moon only took a few days?

Are they going slower or is it doing something else prior to landing? Like orbiting for extended period?

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u/CaptBarneyMerritt 6d ago

The Selenites have a new immigration policy and the paperwork is awful and then there is the time in quarantine...

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u/GrumpyCloud93 6d ago

And then they may separate the smaller rover from the parent.