T+269: IM-1 and Beyond (with Tim Crain, Co-Founder and CTO of Intuitive Machines)

Tim Crain (twitter.com/CrainTim), Co-Founder and CTO of Intuitive Machines (intuitivemachines.com), joins me to talk about their recent IM-1 mission to land Odysseus on the Moon (intuitivemachines.com/im-1) as part of NASA’s CLPS program.
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Topics
• Tim (@CrainTim) / X (twitter.com/CrainTim)
• Intuitive Machines (intuitivemachines.com)
• IM-1 | Intuitive Machines (intuitivemachines.com/im-1)
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