Busy Thursday! As Athena -- The Intuitive Machines' South Pole Lunar Lander -- Should ALSO Touch Down Around Noon On Thursday...

This is also the mission that may be able to establish a Nokia cell net, for a bit -- on the lunar surface, as a demonstration / proof of concept.

We wish the fine private-industry lunar space teams. . . all the success in the world! Here's the latest, from NASA's blogs:

. . .Carrying NASA technology demonstrations and science investigations, Intuitive Machines is targeting their Moon landing no earlier than 12:32 p.m. EST on Thursday, March 6. The company’s Nova-C lunar lander is slated to land in Mons Mouton, a lunar plateau near the Moon’s South Pole, as part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign to establish a long-term lunar presence.

Watch live landing coverage of the Intuitive Machines 2 (IM-2) landing, hosted by NASA and Intuitive Machines, on NASA+ starting no earlier than 11:30 a.m., approximately 60 minutes before touchdown. Beginning at 11 a.m. the agency will share blog updates as landing milestones occur.

Following the Moon landing, NASA and Intuitive Machines will host a news conference from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to discuss the mission, technology demonstrations, and science opportunities that lie ahead as lunar surface operations begin. . . .

In truth, we are following these closely primarily to blot out intrusive thoughts about the damage being done in DC, day in and day out. Onward.

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