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The company claims it's not as top-heavy as you'd think from pics:

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/07/intuitive_machines_la...

> At his press conference earlier today, Altemus defended the design, saying the spacecraft doesn’t have a high center of gravity because most of its cargo attaches to the base of the vehicle. He said there were no plans for a radical rethink of his company's design.

(We see this in returning F9 first stages, as well.)




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