00:00If it fails again, it's going to get politically more difficult.
00:03Now comes a particularly interesting candidate, Astrobotic.
00:07Their first lander, Peregrine, launched in 2024 on the maiden flight of the Vulcan Centaur
00:14and suffered a propellant issue shortly after launch.
00:18It never made it to the moon.
00:19Now comes Griffin and this time it launches on a Falcon Heavy.
00:23That alone speaks volumes.
00:25Why a Falcon Heavy?
00:26Because Griffin is significantly heavier than typical CLPS landers,
00:31which stands for Commercial Lunar Payload Services, by the way.
00:35The destination?
00:36The Lunar South Pole.
00:38Or rather, the area surrounding it.
00:41That means higher Delta-V requirements, more complex trajectory planning
00:45and an energy-intensive transfer phase.
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