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Privately built lunar lander makes history with successful moon touchdown (www.nbcnews.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

The Cold War fueled space exploration up to the point political support waned. It would be nice to see another space race to foster competition and technological advancement, hopefully without the Mutually Assured Destruction this time around.

Private industry is going to fill the void of a politically unpopular public space program, which is a shame.