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Aristus

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17. No. The whole thing was just a musing on the corporate lubejob about being

Reply to EX500rider (Reply #16)

Fri Feb 23, 2024, 07:18 PM

Feb 2024

more efficient and cost-effective than the eeeevul gubmint.

And if it hadn't been for NASA juicing up the rocket propulsion game, corporate America would be building the best canvas biplanes in the world.

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Intuitive Machines lands on the moon in historic first for a U.S. company [View all] BumRushDaShow Feb 2024 OP

This is good. patphil Feb 2024 #1

Will need to land a lot of cargo pods pfitz59 Feb 2024 #2

Congrats on hitting 10K posts!! BumRushDaShow Feb 2024 #3

That's one small step for a machine. . . . Sneederbunk Feb 2024 #4

At first I was interested angrychair Feb 2024 #5

I've felt the same way, but Intuitive Machines looks like the real deal. ancianita Feb 2024 #8

They are doing business angrychair Feb 2024 #10

Wow, i forgot what a piece of work this Co. is. This is the Dick Cheney's baby. I have always thought Hotler Feb 2024 #11

Isn't the US government one of kbr's largest customers EX500rider Feb 2024 #12

OMG larwdem Feb 2024 #9

The future has arrived. It is corporations that will rule the world. Martin68 Feb 2024 #6

I can see it now, "Trump Cheese Company", with cheese from the moon. Pre-order now, operators are taking orders. twodogsbarking Feb 2024 #7

A private corporation lands on the Moon a mere fifty-five years after the socialist government program beat them to it. Aristus Feb 2024 #13

"Corporate" America built the Apollo rockets also EX500rider Feb 2024 #14

I know. But the management organization (NASA), and all of its employees (astronauts) were government workers. Aristus Feb 2024 #15

And that's somehow better? EX500rider Feb 2024 #16

No. The whole thing was just a musing on the corporate lubejob about being Aristus Feb 2024 #17