Ed Ludlow

That's what we're tracking toward.

There are risks, right?

That's why they've spent two days orbiting the planet before taking that action, or at least more than 24 hours, because they need to know the data supports that decision.

Human life's involved, and they are going to go 250,000 miles to the dark or far side of the moon.

if that burn is executed.

Basically, the crew have been in an elliptical orbit of the Earth.

And between 7 and 8 p.m., the flight director and mission directors have to decide if they are a go or a no go to throttle up on the Orion capsule spacecraft and do what's called a trans lunar injection, a burn that propels the crew in the capsule forward.

towards the moon.

It's a high-stakes dress rehearsal for the SLS rocket system, principally developed by Boeing, and the Orion spacecraft or capsule developed by Lockheed Martin.

for America and NASA's ambition to eventually have a human landing as early as 2028.

There's also a geopolitical context that China aims to return to the moon's surface in 2030.

So it is a bit of a land grab in that respect.

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Yeah, so Hyperion is the crown jewel of Meta's data center fleet.