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Topic: [Discuss] Intuitive Machines' IM-1 moon mission

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Message to Edit: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	Originally posted by Robert Pearlman on 02-13-2024 08:44 PM Intuitive Machines' IM-1 Nova-C lander is named "Odysseus," as nominated by Mario Romero an assembly, integration and test engineer with the company. Romero described why the name Odysseus was a worthy name: <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]For those who remember the epics "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey," Odysseus (the wise and courageous) was the genius who devised the Trojan horse. But his adventure truly began after the Trojan War. His voyage should have been a quick, straight shot back home to Penelope in Ithaca; however, this journey takes much longer due to the many challenges, setbacks and delays. Traveling the daunting, wine-dark sea repeatedly tests his mettle, yet ultimately, Odysseus proves worthy and sticks the landing back home after ten years.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> Odysseus, or "Odie" for short. From former NASA astronaut Jack Fischer, vice president for production and operations at Intuitive Machines ([URL=https://twitter.com/Astro2fish/status/1757427017924899060]via X[/URL]): <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]How are we going to tell which shift (Red, White, or Blue) is on console in Nova Control (NC) — you might ask, well... Odie will tell us. Kenyatta Ware got some hats (cowboy of course - we're in Houston) for our beanie-baby Odie who will supervise Nova-C from the Mission Director console. Odie has a Red, White, and Blue hat for each shift. For landing however, he will wear an American Flag (Red, White, and Blue all at once) hat because the whole company's hopes, dreams, and prayers will be fueling a successful descent and landing for our favorite little spaceship. We're getting close folks, and wee-Odie is ready to guide us in pure Texas style![/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> <center><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/intuitive_machines_im1_nova_control_odie01-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/intuitive_machines_im1_nova_control_odie01.jpg" width="400" height="533" border="0"></a> <a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/intuitive_machines_im1_nova_control_odie02-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/intuitive_machines_im1_nova_control_odie02.jpg" width="400" height="533" border="0"></a></center>
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