Man rarely "discovers" anything he does not want to...
possess.

Y'kmow?

Space exploration, like astronomy, distils down for the vast majority of human beings, to a "search for God"!

So you're speaking for the "vast majority" now, and you think they're searching for God in space? Honestly, though, you know it's a much simpler reason we seek to conquer space, right?

Here, I'll give you some hints:

* Land
* Sea
* Air
* Space

We would dearly love to meet beings from another planet to hear their answers to the question "What are we doing here?", and "Is there anything beyond this mortal life?"

Naturally, they would speak English?

Sad part of that is, it's ridiculously expensive and ALL IN VAIN. We're stuck here and will never be able to even communicate with other worlds, never mind visiting them.

What about destroying them? Humans who desire control of the land, command of the sea, and air and space superiority? The best defense is a good offense... our tax dollars at work.

Sad part of that is, it's ridiculously expensive and ALL IN VAIN. We're stuck here and will never be able to even communicate with other worlds, never mind visiting them.

Intuitive Machines
@Int_Machines
Lunar Surface Day One Update (23FEB2024 0818 CST)
Odysseus is alive and well. Flight controllers are communicating and commanding the vehicle to download science data. The lander has good telemetry and solar charging.

We continue to learn more about the vehicle’s specific information (Lat/Lon), overall health, and attitude (orientation). Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus will participate in a press conference later today to discuss this historic moment. Press conference information will be coordinated with NASA and published shortly.

https://twitter.com/Int_Machines/status/1761032731729739804

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We want pictures! :)

I remember being disappointed when the Apollo missions ended. And I have touched an actual Moon rock (available to the general public at the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum in D.C.).

Hey... I've touched that rock.

Just for the record, I remain disappointed to this day that we haven't already built an enormous lunar base on the Moon, because this was promised to me by two separate pop culture offerings -- complete with the dates right there in their titles: Space: 1999 and 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Look, Dave, I can see you're really upset about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill and think things over. ;)

I will assume you also saw the Apollo 11 spacesuits and the Command Module Columbia:

https://3d.si.edu/object/3d/command-module-apollo-11:d8c63e8a-4ebc-11ea-b77f-2e728ce88125

I could make a list a mile long.

The Smithsonian is a history lover's utopia... our tax dollars at work.

In a post on the social media site X, Intuitive Machines just announced that “Odysseus is upright and starting to send data.” The company said it is working on bringing the spacecraft’s first images from the moon’s surface to Earth.

-CW