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theplanetaryguy.bsky.social • 2 days ago

this

is

*INCREDIBLE*

It's what landing on the Moon looks like, 2025 edition

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tommysoda.bsky.social•2 days ago

It's got me all existential and I love it.

philipsetnik.bsky.social•1 day ago

I know it's impossible, but this would have been really cool with a kind of audible "doink" noise at the end.

Seriously, though, I watched the show as it was coming down - "You stuck the landing" and the cheering right after... just fantastic to see.

mrsrobbo.bsky.social•1 day ago

My son invests in a company that provided some of the system parts for it...

theplanetaryguy.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is the last 18 seconds of the descent of the Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost lander, from its successful soft landing on the Moon Sunday morning.

Look at the plume! the shadows! that chunk of Moon rock shooting off on its ballistic path!

Look at how the dust settles out when the engine cuts off!

theplanetaryguy.bsky.social•2 days ago

If there are people who still stupidly think the Apollo Moon landings are fake, ask them to explain this video. Then beat them with a wrench.

kimberlywpb.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is one of the ways I prove the moon landings were real. It’s a commercial my dad and Gordo Cooper did for Pabst - neither are good enough actors to have pulled it off 😁

https://youtu.be/z0GUGiRQ2Ak?si=aD1z5lorotBdNHEX

twoandseven.bsky.social•2 days ago

They'll probably just prattle on with some BS about shadows or whatever.

Until the wrench part happens, I suppose.

kvidkula.bsky.social•2 days ago

where are all the buildings 🤣🤣🤣🤣

twoandseven.bsky.social•2 days ago

There are no buildings in a sound stage, silly!

kvidkula.bsky.social•2 days ago

🤣

dontlookup85.bsky.social•2 days ago

The wrench part is the only important part for people like that

elemental-overcast.bsky.social•2 days ago

"It's AI"
YOU GET THE WRENCH 🗣️🔧

jfire.bsky.social•2 days ago

Save your breath and go directly to wrench

crparadis.bsky.social•2 days ago

With enough practice, one can achieve the explaining and the beating at the same time.

nakorthebluerider.bsky.social•1 day ago

You had me at wrench. Let’s go.

mstinpa.bsky.social•2 days ago

"But where are all the stars?"

I am joking.

twoandseven.bsky.social•2 days ago

Oh, and Firefly has an account here now: @firefly-aerospace.bsky.social

twoandseven.bsky.social•2 days ago

It was really cool watching the stuff (ejecta?) sailing out and down again. I have no idea why. Maybe it's the different POV as compared to Apollo.

But yeah, very cool.

ruisousa.bsky.social•2 days ago

The last few seconds show it landed on 3 legs and then shifted a bit to the right, settling on the fourth and raising the previous one.

ruisousa.bsky.social•2 days ago

Rising :)

cophoto.bsky.social•2 days ago

Amazing 🤩

janeleecomiskey.bsky.social•2 days ago

So freaking cool!! I keep rewatching to see that moon rock fly! Just crazy awesomeness! 🤗

clinkerbrick.bsky.social•2 days ago

👏👏💯😊

pegthall.bsky.social•2 days ago

Congratulations Firefly!!!

kimberlywpb.bsky.social•2 days ago

I’m partial to the 70s version, but I’m also biased 🚀

kudeta.bsky.social•1 day ago

This is exactly what I needed to see at this point in time. Something positive and awe inspiring achieved by our best and brightest working together. Thank you.

mothmarbles.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is beautiful, I love how they oriented the camera like that!

themagpiesmiles.bsky.social•2 days ago

I want to go to there

usernamevic.bsky.social•2 days ago

Is it really that flat? Like ik the moon is smaller n stuff but this pov really puts the size difference into a eerie-ish perspective huh

comtechdiagnostics.bsky.social•2 days ago

Look how fast that dust settles with no atmosphere!

comtechdiagnostics.bsky.social•2 days ago

Here comes all the conspiracy theory nay-sayers, "Where's the stars", same thing they said in 1969. Maybe they will see the light now.

thirdwhaletrip.bsky.social•2 days ago

Those early missions and the landing were an example of how technically brilliant and brave the human can be. They went up in a tin can held together by rivets ffs. 😳😱👏

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jasperbritton.bsky.social•2 days ago

FANTASTIC. Thank you.

j-russell-writes.bsky.social•1 day ago

What's also great is the sheer amount of footage of the plume for NASA studies relating to dust.

begoccab.bsky.social•2 days ago

Wait is that real? I can't believe I haven't heard of this

just-before-dawn.bsky.social•2 days ago

Kubrick was not so far from that

mfriesland.bsky.social•2 days ago

This landing was great considering that several recent attempts have failed. This got zero news coverage.

86lukem.bsky.social•2 days ago

I wonder how many moon landing conspiracy theorists have shut up after this... I know one critique was the shadow and I'm sure other aspects caught in 4k. Absolutely awesome to see. Glad I came across your post.

mike4mus6.bsky.social•2 days ago

Zero! 🌖 They’re kinda like MAGA💀

sunsetcrest.bsky.social•2 days ago

They'll say it's AI.. can't reason with em

arabylilac.bsky.social•2 days ago

Probably none. They aren't idiots for no reason!

riandraegon.bsky.social•2 days ago

Wish I were there.

nitsudima.bsky.social•2 days ago

My favorite part is def Alan Shepard’s wedge shot towards the end.

agents86.bsky.social•2 days ago

Kerbal Space Program prepared me for this but it's still exceptionally cool to see the real thing!

runakog.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

johnsalomon.bsky.social•2 days ago

"Quick, Marvin, hide the Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator, the Earthlings are sending another bloody robot to snoop around "

jen-60.bsky.social•2 days ago

Marvin, you aren't planning to blow up Earth because it obstructs your view of Venus, are you? You had better not.

johnsalomon.bsky.social•1 day ago

ottolinemorrell.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oh! One of my favorite characters!✨

anothermeansgirl1.bsky.social•2 days ago

Wonderful!

bluesdigital.bsky.social•1 day ago

I've probably drunk too much coffee....
Tyre/Tire Tracks on the Moon?

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cybersfreak.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is AMAZING. WOW.

thenextphase.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thank you for this, Paul! *goosebumps*

varmaz.is•2 days ago

I can't get over how amazing this is.

millymaxg.bsky.social•2 days ago

It looks similar to the moon landing in 1969. Bringing back some great memories.

suncat13.bsky.social•1 day ago

Looks like Musk has a serious competitor! While he's pretending to be Trump's hatchet man, these guys have successfully landed on the moon and are doing real science.

planetneish.bsky.social•2 days ago

That shadow as it descends is just 😚🤌.

revpolarbear1962.bsky.social•1 day ago

👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🚀🛰️

patpatboy.bsky.social•1 day ago

Fantastic

conceptofspeech.bsky.social•1 day ago

Can all us girls, gays, theys, thems, allies, and all the gender appropriations and pronouns not just move here and let the straights wander earth alone?

kenofseattle.bsky.social•2 days ago

I'm dating myself here, but I watched this happen live.

bluekrampus.bsky.social•2 days ago

How is this thing only as wide as Australia?! Ffs

srmacpherson.bsky.social•2 days ago

Scary. Uncomfortable. Amazing.

hurthappenz.bsky.social•2 days ago

I watched it live. I was 6.

k-l-turner.bsky.social•2 days ago

The dust settles so quickly, as there is no atmosphere to keep it aloft! A speck of dust falls as quickly as a rock when there is little to no atmosphere.

jordan.truesdell.org•2 days ago

That’s the really amazing part about this video. Love it!

sauvez-nos-ames.bsky.social•1 day ago

Wow

spiritequality.bsky.social•1 day ago

How was this filmed? Is there a probe that landed first to film the second probe landing?

f205v.bsky.social•1 day ago

No, the cameras are on the probe itself.

sueaus.bsky.social•1 day ago

Looking at the visuals I am amazed how my sense of distance is undermined by the curve of the moon’s horizon - thinking the craft still had a longer drop before handing. For a moment there I forget how small the moon actually is.

tentaclejoe.com•2 days ago

This is dumb. There are no cameras on the moon.

preciousshyama2.bsky.social•2 days ago

Now, if they can only colonize fast enough to send Elon into exile there.

mcgarve.bsky.social•2 days ago

He’s too scared to go to space ! He’s happy being not only the richest but now evilest man in the world. Gleefully destroying the FBI, CIA , national parks , weather service, emergency response , plane and train safety, science, health. All the US crown Jewels destroyed

preciousshyama2.bsky.social•2 days ago

Jesus Christ is going to defeat Elon Musk. Musk won't be gleeful then.

lulutaniguti.bsky.social•2 days ago

@marcioelias.bsky.social

marcioelias.bsky.social•2 days ago

Igualzinho no kerbal

lulutaniguti.bsky.social•2 days ago

Num é??

marcioelias.bsky.social•2 days ago

Até a tombadinha da nave pro lado

lulutaniguti.bsky.social•2 days ago

Um jogo realista

marcioelias.bsky.social•2 days ago

Bastante

kuiperkat.me•2 days ago

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theplanetaryguy.bsky.social•2 days ago

I shall be stealing this image, thank you

siso91.bsky.social•2 days ago

Omg it’s impressive 🥰

a4niemann.bsky.social•2 days ago

📌