The Intelligence: I’m your private lander, a lander for money
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🗓️ 21 February 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
If it succeeds—and that is no sure thing—this week’s 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’s conflict (11:22). And the rise and coming fall in entertaining British obituaries (21:25).
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there. I'm off this week. |
| 0:04.6 | Apparently we're more productive at work after a good holiday. |
| 0:12.1 | So I'm counting this Caribbean rum distillery tour as professional development. Yours calling. Take your holiday as seriously as British Airways |
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| 0:57.2 | apply the economist hello and welcome to the intelligence from the economist hello |
| 1:08.8 | and welcome to the intelligence from the economist I. I'm your host, Jason Palmer. |
| 1:13.2 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:22.5 | Arguably, the conflict in Ukraine of today started not two years, but a decade ago. |
| 1:28.2 | Our producer heads to Kiev, marking the anniversary of what became known as the Revolution of Dignity, |
| 1:33.4 | by speaking to those whose lives were touched by it. |
| 1:38.4 | And in late 20th century Britain, something profound changed about obituaries. |
| 1:46.5 | Instead of the somber business of merely marking deaths, it began to chronicle colorful lives, even injecting a bit of gallows humor. First up, though. |
| 2:10.5 | If you lived on the moon, stay with me here. |
| 2:15.0 | It would seem that recently a whole lot of visitors were dropping in. Four, three, three, two, one, ignition, and lift-off. |
| 2:21.8 | Go, SpaceX, go I.M.1 and the Odysseus Lunar Lander. |
| 2:26.9 | This week, another one is coming. |
| 2:29.6 | A two-ton lander called Odysseus, built by intuitive machines, a private American firm. |
| 2:35.0 | It took off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket late last week. |
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