{"id":16968,"date":"2024-03-03T16:54:01","date_gmt":"2024-03-03T06:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?page_id=16968"},"modified":"2024-03-03T16:58:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-03T06:58:53","slug":"why-nasas-first-landing-on-the-moon-in-50-years-matters-its-commercial-cryogenic-confused","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?page_id=16968","title":{"rendered":"Why NASA&#8217;s First Landing On The Moon in 50 Years Matters &#8211; It&#8217;s Commercial, Cryogenic &amp; Confused"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Intuitive Machines have successfully soft landed on the Moon, carrying a number of payloads for NASA, this represents a return to the moon for the USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However far more significantly, it&#8217;s the first purely commercial lander to land on the surface of the moon, and the first lunar lander to use purely cryogenic propellents for all its deep space maneuvering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why NASA&#039;s First Landing On The Moon in 50 Years Matters - It&#039;s Commercial, Cryogenic &amp; Confused\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wynBeg7BYr0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both of these factors are core to NASA&#8217;s Artemis program, and so seeing success here is important to NASA&#8217;s plans. 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