Soon there will be cellphone service on the moon!

[HermitHogan]

The Moon Lander Athena is scheduled to land on the moon today at around 12:30 EST.

Aboard is a rover the size of a small dog that will test a Nokia cellphone network on the moon.
Intuitive Machines Moon Landing: Live Updates

 

[HermitHogan]

There's a live feed of the mission here:
Intuitive Machines 2 Lunar Landing

Athena is currently slowing down from 4,000 KPH. 4-1/2 minutes until touchdown.

 

[HermitHogan]

5,000 M from the moon.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

Well, the poor little Athena ran into some problems and is rather dead. I'm not sure how the Nokia cellphone worked out.
But There was a $35,000 hook up fee, a $7,000 usage fee, a $2,765 disconnect fee, Moon state taxes & federal taxes $1,308.
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