SpaceX to launch Israeli spacecraft to the moon

[Jamie McKane]

SpaceX to launch Israeli spacecraft to the moon

State-run Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. and non-profit SpaceIL announced plans to launch a lunar mission in December, putting Israel on track to become the fourth country to land on the moon.

The unmanned, $88 million Israeli spacecraft will blast off on a Falcon 9 rocket made by Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

[Bloomberg]

 

[sucked]

From a country 6 times smaller than the Free State ?
Impressive

 

[MirageF1]

From a country 6 times smaller than the Free State ?
Impressive

And w/out the trillions of barrels of oil of her neighbours

 

[AntennaMan]

And w/out the trillions of barrels of oil of her neighbours

Must be why it doesn't have a lot of fuel... :crylaugh:

 

[Ninja'd]

Why? There's no malls up there to sell Dead Sea products.

 

[konfab]

I heard there were a few copper coins left on the moon by Apollo...

 

[Sinbad]

Please tell me the spaceship will be named "Bitcoin"

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

Why? There's no malls up there to sell Dead Sea products.

Not yet any malls there.

 

[bevan1]

Impressive.

 

[chrisc]

 

[Ninja'd]

Looks shopped.

 

[surface]

Impressive, nonetheless.

https://indianexpress.com/article/t...cecraft-beresheet-benjamin-netanyahu-5672698/

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An Israeli spacecraft crashed into the moon just moments before touchdown, failing in an ambitious attempt to make history Thursday as the first privately funded lunar landing.

The spacecraft lost communication with ground control during its final descent. Moments later, the mission was declared a failure.

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