T+268: IM-1, CLPS, NASA Budget (with Eric Berger)

Eric Berger of Ars Technica joins me to talk about Intuitive Machine’s successful landing despite so many issues on the mission, the future of CLPS, and the tough questions facing NASA and its budget.

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Topics

• Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) / X
• Eric Berger | Ars Technica
• That moment when you land on the Moon, break a leg, and are about to topple over | Ars Technica
• It turns out that Odysseus landed on the Moon without any altimetry data | Ars Technica
• NASA faces a quandary with its audacious lunar cargo program | Ars Technica
• Before Ingenuity ever landed on Mars, scientists almost managed to kill it | Ars Technica

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