The Intelligence: Im your private lander, a lander for money

Published: Feb. 21, 2024, 11:22 a.m.

If it succeeds\u2014and that is no sure thing\u2014this week\u2019s soft landing of Odysseus will be the first by a private firm. We examine the prospects and the business models of the Moon rush. Our producer visits Ukraine to mark the anniversary of a revolution that helped to shape today\u2019s conflict (11:22). And the rise and coming fall in entertaining British obituaries (21:25).


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