American Company’s Spacecraft Malfunctions on Its Way to the Moon (www.nytimes.com)

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After a flawless launch to orbit, the privately built robotic Peregrine lander is unlikely to reach the lunar surface because of a failure in its propulsion system.

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[-] [email protected] 38 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

To be clear, that was the original title. I did not editorialize it; they changed it after I posted. It's now "American Company’s Spacecraft Malfunctions on Its Way to the Moon", but was "Moon Lander Malfunctions After Launch, Raising Questions for NASA". I've updated the title.

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