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The team that built the ill fated-Beresheet lander which failed in its landing attempt on Thursday will build another lander.
"We're going to actually build a new halalit — a new spacecraft," billionaire businessman and philanthropist Morris Kahn said in a video statement posted on Twitter by the nonprofit group SpaceIL. "We're going to put it on the moon, and we're going to complete the mission."
The privately-funded Beresheet lander suffered a main engine problem during descent. Although the team was able to get the engine going again, it was too late and Beresheet impacted the surface at 310 mph (500km/h)
The team will still receive a $1 million award from the X Prize Foundation. Apparently this technically qualified as success because:
"I think they managed to touch the surface of the moon, and that's what we were looking for for our Moonshot Award," said X Prize CEO Anousheh Ansari.
Beresheet cost about $100 million in total. 40% of this was funded by Kahn himself.
See also: Israel's Moon probe snaps a final photo before crashing
Previously: Private Spacecraft Failed Moon Landing Today [UPDATED]
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 15 2019, @07:52AM (8 children)
Why is the coverage of this so confused? Is this a private organization or the government?
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 15 2019, @08:28AM (1 child)
Zer Jeeewwws.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday April 15 2019, @08:36AM
somebody have seen eth alive lately? Is he well? (grin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by progo on Monday April 15 2019, @12:26PM (1 child)
There is no good reason for the headline to say "Israel" did this and is attempting again.
Did USA toss a car into solar orbit? No, the PRIVATE company SpaceX did that.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 15 2019, @01:58PM
On the other hand, it's always Putin himself who does bad, sometimes with help of "Russians". Never mind that most of those "Russians" are Jews - same as Israeli Jews.
(Score: 2) by hellcat on Monday April 15 2019, @12:46PM (1 child)
Not the media's fault. Though private, the government is happy to bask in the publicity. I saw them celebrating during the "landing" even while telemetry was lost.
Maybe if they'd spent less time on taking selfies...
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 15 2019, @02:05PM
They were also celebrating when the towers fell. Search for "five dancing israelis", and they too were taking selfies.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Monday April 15 2019, @01:18PM
It's some kind of public-private partnership.
Beresheet: [wikipedia.org]
SpaceIL: [wikipedia.org]
IAI: [wikipedia.org]
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(Score: 2) by RamiK on Monday April 15 2019, @02:17PM
Private... Public... It's a meaningless distinction in such a small nation. Most likely, it's government aided tax evasion scheme for some millionaire where it's structured like a non-profit foundation that the donor puts in a certain amount of money they'd otherwise lose to American tax authorities and in return receives massive tax cuts in their related Israeli businesses and a few contracts they'd otherwise wouldn't win.
To be fair though, NASA is a pork farm too so it's not like it's new or anything.
compiling...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 15 2019, @12:31PM (1 child)
And they’d probably spot you a lot more than $1 million
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday April 15 2019, @02:41PM
You misspelled Kosher.
When trying to solve a problem don't ask who suffers from the problem, ask who profits from the problem.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 15 2019, @12:37PM
If you let them stay outside of the concentration camps too long, they invade another country and call it their own. Today it is the Palestinians (and have been for over 70 years). Tomorrow it could be you. Refuse to do any business with them at all. That is how you punish evil. Fighting them might be beyond you, as you let your governments get infiltrated by khazar jewish agents and collaborators.
The israeli khazar jewish rats stole everything from you and now are calling it their own. Open your eyes. It is your technology and now they are using it to militarize space and the moon. Their nuclear weapons are pointed at you. Wake up!!!
(Score: 2) by takyon on Monday April 15 2019, @01:22PM
https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=30321&page=1&cid=807855#commentwrap [soylentnews.org]
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(Score: 2) by Immerman on Monday April 15 2019, @01:27PM
I could have sworn the prize was for *landing* on the moon. Just touching the moon is easy when you're using someone else's rocket to get there - just toss a big rock on an intersecting orbit.
(Score: 2) by srobert on Monday April 15 2019, @08:27PM
In a related development, Donald Trump just tweeted out that the United States should recognize Israel’s authority over the long disputed Lunar Territory.