3 Reasons Why NASA’s Private Sector Space Partnership Matters (Part 1)

<p>While NASA provided important oversight, guidance, and assistance for the mission, it was a private company that stuck the landing &mdash; well, almost.</p> <p>Unfortunately, the spacecraft had a major technical glitch with the computer software. This caused it to land sideways, thus cutting the mission short (article below).</p> <p>The spaceship Odysseus was built by Houston-based Intuitive Machines, for which NASA &ldquo;contracted out&rdquo; for the mission. This raises some important questions:</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/illumination-curated/3-reasons-why-nasas-private-sector-space-partnership-matters-part-1-c2305e8f0426"><strong>Learn More</strong></a></p>