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Re:Private Japanese lunar lander enters orbit around moon ah... by m000 on Saturday May 10, 2025 @08:34AM (#43945136)
Wow! Funny how you can have something like this flying almost under the news radar, just because the company doesn't have an egomaniac/megalomaniac CEO.
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Re:Private Japanese lunar lander enters orbit around moon ah... by hbarka on Saturday May 10, 2025 @12:18PM (#43946789)
Under the news radar is that China has a space station with a recent set of astronauts replacing the old crew, or that Chang’e landed on the moon last year.
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Re:Private Japanese lunar lander enters orbit around moon ah... by cybernoodles on Saturday May 10, 2025 @12:16PM (#43946773)
Their CEO is being sued for discrimination by their ex-NASA employees that helped them get off the ground:

https://www.supercluster.com/editorial/japanese-moon-startup...

A lot of Japanese space companies have come under scrutiny for discrimination against non-Japanese, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination, often by the ex-NASA employees they hired.

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Re:Private Japanese lunar lander enters orbit around moon ah... by jfengel on Saturday May 10, 2025 @09:49AM (#43945607)
The megalomaniac actually did the launch. Other lunar satellites have attracted a bit more attention than this, though, so I'm not sure why this is the first I've heard of it.
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Re:Private Japanese lunar lander enters orbit around moon ah... by subw00f on Saturday May 10, 2025 @10:57AM (#43946168)
No, he did not. Multiple teams of very capable people did the launch.
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Re:Private Japanese lunar lander enters orbit around moon ah... by WrongAssumption on Saturday May 10, 2025 @09:55AM (#43945659)
SpaceX did the launch.
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Re:Private Japanese lunar lander enters orbit around moon ah... by macmac on Saturday May 10, 2025 @09:56AM (#43945667)
No they did not, Firefly did.

UPDATE, my bad did not read properly.

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Re:Private Japanese lunar lander enters orbit around moon ah... by niij on Saturday May 10, 2025 @09:52AM (#43945632)
This is actually above the radar.
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