Nova-C Is Scheduled to Head to the Moon Before the Thanksgiving Holiday!

Intuitive Machines

Intuitive Machines' Nova-C spacecraft is targeted for launch to the Moon during a 6-day window...from November 15 to 20! The robotic lander is set to touch down at the lunar South Pole Region—in support of NASA's Artemis program.

Nova-C should be ready for shipment to Cape Canaveral in Florida by September 15. It will be attached to the DOGE-1 cubesat and mated to a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for flight from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A.

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Like Astrobotic's Peregrine Lander, Nova-C Will Touch Down at Another Location on the Moon...

Intuitive Machines

NASA Redirects Intuitive Machines’ First Mission to the Lunar South Pole Region (Press Release)

Intuitive Machines, LLC (“Intuitive Machines” or the “Company”), a leading space exploration, infrastructure and services company, is collaborating with NASA to prioritize the return of lunar scientific data in support of the Artemis Program. As part of this joint effort, Intuitive Machines will shift the landing site of its first mission to the lunar South Pole Region in support of NASA’s priority objectives.

“Redirecting Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 mission landing site is a testament to our collective commitment to supporting NASA’s Artemis Program and advancing lunar exploration for the benefit of humanity,” said Steve Altemus, Co-Founder, President and CEO of Intuitive Machines. “The Company is honored to accept the historic and scientific responsibility of bringing the United States to the lunar South Pole Region for the first time ever.”

Intuitive Machines is working closely with its stakeholders to ensure a seamless landing site change. The landing date is currently scheduled for late June of 2023.

This change is expected to positively impact Intuitive Machines’ backlog. More importantly, Intuitive Machines views this as a significant win for the Artemis Program.

NASA has its sights set on locations around the South Pole Region for the Artemis era of human lunar exploration. The agency has identified the South Pole Region as one with characteristics that hold promise for unprecedented deep-space scientific discoveries, like discovering water ice on the Moon.

Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander would become the first spacecraft to land on the Moon’s South Pole Region.

Source: Intuitive Machines

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We have chosen a rapid transit trajectory to the Moon, a three to six-day lunar transit that will minimize exposure to the radiation environment. Unlike many spacecraft, our landers will only need to make one pass through the Van Allen belts on their way to the Moon. pic.twitter.com/43JHzqNzOw

— Intuitive Machines (@Int_Machines) February 3, 2023

Intuitive Machines is going public imminently through its merger with Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: IPAX).
Post-merger:
Intuitive Machines (Nasdaq: LUNR) pic.twitter.com/TOWHyU3MjW

— Intuitive Machines (@Int_Machines) February 4, 2023

According to this latest press release by Intuitive Machines, its Nova-C lander--which will launch on a #SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and carry the DOGE-1 rideshare payload--will touch down at the Moon's South Pole around late June of this year:https://t.co/eSJKBKhNw8 #Artemis #DOGE pic.twitter.com/Zi4SIN0AMJ

— Rich Par (@AstroPnoy) February 6, 2023

It's a Wrap on THE BROKEN TABLE!

With the final event that it was an Official Selection in (the Doge Film Festival, which occurred in New York City one week ago today) now in the books, it's safe to say that The Broken Table's festival run is now at an end!

Much thanks to the 31 film festivals that made The Broken Table an Official Selection and Award Winner. This wouldn't have been possible without the wonderful cast and crew members who made this project happen!

I look forward to my next cinematic project—whatever that will be. Stay tuned!

THE BROKEN TABLE Is An Official Selection At The DOGE FILM FESTIVAL!

I'm so thrilled to announce that my short film The Broken Table is headed to another screening event...this time the Doge Film Festival! In case you're wondering, this festival is indeed named after the meme coin made famous by such celebrities as Elon Musk and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban.

The Doge Film Festival is an online event that is based in New York City. The winner of this competition, which is scheduled to occur on June 30, will supposedly be awarded with Dogecoins!

All I can say is— I'll totally submit The Broken Table to a Shiba Inu Film Festival or Saitama Film Festival if these tokens sponsored such an event! But not an Ethereum Film Festival; I wouldn't be surprised if the submission fee and tickets to this event were as ridiculously expensive as the Ethereum gas fees you pay when you purchase Shiba Inu, Saitama or other coins like SHINJA directly on this blockchain.

Happy Tuesday!

You Friggin' SUCK, Crypto.com App...

Three days ago, I found out that the mobile app I was using to buy cryptocurrency, Crypto.com, updated its program without letting users know in advance...causing me to lose around $325 (the amount that I had last time I checked my balance on Thursday, May 27) in investment. So how did I lose that $325, you ask? Well, the app is no longer compatible with my smartphone (and Crypto.com doesn't provide the ability to buy and sell coins on a PC instead), which means that I would need to buy a whole new device—even though my current Android is working fine—to regain access to my crypto. And the thought of having to spend a few hundred dollars (or over a thousand dollars if I were to finally purchase an iPhone) on a new device just to keep track of a financial investment that is currently worth less than the phone I'm viewing it on annoys the hell out of me.

So what's the cryptocurrency that I invested in, you're wondering? You guessed it— The Shiba Inu coin! I originally owned Dogecoins, but I sold all of them since 1.) I wanted to focus on buying more SHIB instead (I'm currently at 36 million coins), and 2.) the time to buy DOGE was last year. For the amount of money that you need to spend in order to acquire enough Dogecoins to make a significant profit (which would be over a thousand dollars), you can buy a hundred million to a billion Shiba coins for that same amount and patiently wait for them to go up in value over the coming years. Dogecoin, after all, took 8 years since its 2013 inception to reach where it is today...and it's not even at a dollar per coin yet.

So going back to the original point of this Blog entry, Crypto.com sucks. While my Android has been up for a replacement since last year, as mentioned in the first paragraph above it's still working well...and I find it infuriating that one app is forcing me to change my phone to regain access to my commodity. Would it be overdoing it if I said that the folks behind Crypto.com are crooks? They basically stole my money—and based on what its customer service told me through Twitter (shown below)—the only way to get it back is to unnecessarily spend cash on an unneeded device.

Combined this with the fact that the Los Angeles Lakers should've won Game 4 against the Phoenix Suns (even without Anthony Davis on the court) today, and you can see that this Sunday is garbage. For me, at least. If I do get a new phone, I'm still gonna talk trash about Crypto.com...even if I end up selling all Shiba coins and withdrawing my money from Crypto's wallet. We'll see.

Elon Musk's Favorite Cryptocurrency Just Paid for a Satellite That's Headin' Towards Lunar Orbit Aboard One of Elon's Rockets Next Year...

SpaceX

SpaceX to Launch DOGE-1 to the Moon! (Press Release - May 9)

CALGARY, AB /PRNewswire/ - Geometric Energy Corporation (GEC) announced today the DOGE-1 Mission to the Moon—the first-ever commercial lunar payload in history paid entirely with DOGE—will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Geometric Energy Corporation's DOGE-1 Mission to the Moon will involve Geometric Space Corporation (GSC) mission management collaborating with SpaceX to launch a 40kg cubesat as a rideshare on a Falcon 9 lunar payload mission in Q1 2022. The payload will obtain lunar-spatial intelligence from sensors and cameras on-board with integrated communications and computational systems.

"Having officially transacted with DOGE for a deal of this magnitude, Geometric Energy Corporation and SpaceX have solidified DOGE as a unit of account for lunar business in the space sector," said Geometric Energy's Chief Executive Officer Samuel Reid.

"This mission will demonstrate the application of cryptocurrency beyond Earth orbit and set the foundation for interplanetary commerce," said SpaceX Vice President of Commercial Sales Tom Ochinero. "We're excited to launch DOGE-1 to the Moon!"

Indeed, through this very transaction, DOGE has proven to be a fast, reliable, and cryptographically secure digital currency that operates when traditional banks cannot and is sophisticated enough to finance a commercial Moon mission in full. It has been chosen as the unit of account for all lunar business between SpaceX and Geometric Energy Corporation and sets precedent for future missions to the Moon and Mars.

POINTBLANK LLC, Mimir Solutions, and Iteration Syndicate (ITS) will collaborate with Geometric on software and hardware design for the mission. Additional payload space will be allocated to include digital art in the form of space plaques provided by GeometricLabs Corporation and Geometric Gaming Corporation.

Source: Geometric Energy Corporation

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Peregrine Update: Dogecoin Is LITERALLY Headin' to the Moon!

Astrobotic

A few hours ago, Astrobotic tweeted the photo above showing a gold-plated coin that represents the popular cryptocurrency Dogecoin. It turns out that someone submitted this item six years ago to fly aboard the Peregrine lunar lander as part of Astrobotic's Moonbox program...which, in partnership with the global shipping company DHL, allows the general public to fly time capsules aboard Astrobotic's spacecraft to the Moon's surface (for a considerable price). The online posting of this image couldn't come at a better time! Dogecoin's value is steadily going up on the market as investors who purchased this altcoin are hoping that the Shiba Inu-inspired crypto jumps to $1 a coin after Doge's biggest endorser, SpaceX founder Elon Musk, hosts tomorrow's episode of Saturday Night Live.

The Dogefather
SNL May 8

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 28, 2021

Going back to the Peregrine lunar lander, I spent some considerable cash to fly aboard the spacecraft courtesy of various time capsules that were purchased through Moonbox. Not just personal photos, videos, artwork and my name placed on an engraved chip, but my DNA has been included as well! I'll speak more about this after Peregrine finally launches and hopefully touches down safely on the Moon's surface later this year.

Dogecoin to the Moon!


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