“With a suite of NASA science and technology on board, Firefly Aerospace is targeting no earlier than 3:45 am EST on Sunday, March 2, to land the Blue Ghost lunar lander on the Moon. Blue Ghost is slated to touch down near Mare Crisium, a plain in the northeast quadrant on the near side of the Moon, as part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign to establish a long-term lunar presence. Live coverage of the landing, jointly hosted by NASA and Firefly, will air on NASA+ starting at 2:30 am EST, approximately 75 minutes before touchdown on the Moon’s surface. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media. The broadcast will also stream on Firefly’s YouTube channel. Coverage will include live streaming and blog updates as the descent milestones occur,” says NASA in a press release.

Who the hell planned this landing time? “Hey I bet right when all the Gen Zers come home from the bar and are spilling cheap marinara sauce on the floor and are trying to find the lighter that’s on the coffee table in front of them so they can smoke a shittily-rolled joint is when they’ll remember to flip on NASA+ to watch our landing. Let’s hope so since every other demographic will be asleep.”

And yes, obviously that time was chosen because it’s the optimum landing window due to the position of the Moon’s orbit and the Earth’s rotation and so on but this isn’t friggin Mars. The lunar cycle is 29.5 days long. Making flight engineers and all the other people work overnight on a Saturday is ridiculous and brings unnecessary risks of mistakes in landing adjustments and what not.