[wesselbindt]

This is great, it really proves that the free market can be just as innovative and efficient as the public sector. They managed to get there less than 50 years after the taxpayer funded space guys did. No small feat! Imagine all the things they must've learned along the way!

[JoeDaDude]

You do realize this mission is taxpayer funded. Intuitive Machines is getting paid as part of a contract to NASA under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLIPS) program.

https://www.nasa.gov/commercial-lunar-payload-services/

https://www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis/clps/intuitive-machine...

[FactKnower69]

No way!! I thought private enterprise didn't need government handouts?

[wolverine876]

It's poor people and small businesses who don't need government handouts.

[CatWChainsaw]

TBTF FTW!