Some Parts of America Still Work - by Glenn Harlan Reynolds

Hint: They're not in the government or academic worlds.

"...But some parts of America work amazingly well. 

 We saw one of them last week, when Intuitive Machines, a private company, landed the first American spacecraft on the Moon in over 50 years...

• The Russian Luna-23 lander failed and crashed into the Moon last summer. Indian and Israeli landing attempts also failed. 
•  And Astrobotics, a Houston company, launched its Peregrine lander that wound up crashing into Earth after rounding the moon, unable to land due to a ruptured propellant tank.

Well, space is hard...