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One giant step for Israel
dobiesdraw
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in The Rail
What's happening?
On Wednesday, Israel is expected to land an unmanned spacecraft on the moon.
Why does it matter?
If it succeeds, Israel will become only the fourth country to land an unmanned craft on the moon in more than 50 years, after the US, the former Soviet Union and China.
It's significant for another reason too: it is the first privately funded mission to the moon, led by the Israeli group SpaceIL. It all came about through a competition led by Google to encourage private organisations to explore new, cheaper ways of getting to the moon.
SpaceIL's president, Israeli billionaire philanthropist Morris Kahn, is reported to have donated $27m (£21m) towards the project, and casino magnate Sheldon Adelson is also known to have contributed funds.
Named Beresheet, Hebrew for 'Genesis', the craft will help monitor the moon's magnetic fields. It will also carry a time capsule that includes (contained in indestructible discs) a Hebrew Bible, drawings by Israeli children and Israeli songs.
On Wednesday, Israel is expected to land an unmanned spacecraft on the moon.
Why does it matter?
If it succeeds, Israel will become only the fourth country to land an unmanned craft on the moon in more than 50 years, after the US, the former Soviet Union and China.
It's significant for another reason too: it is the first privately funded mission to the moon, led by the Israeli group SpaceIL. It all came about through a competition led by Google to encourage private organisations to explore new, cheaper ways of getting to the moon.
SpaceIL's president, Israeli billionaire philanthropist Morris Kahn, is reported to have donated $27m (£21m) towards the project, and casino magnate Sheldon Adelson is also known to have contributed funds.
Named Beresheet, Hebrew for 'Genesis', the craft will help monitor the moon's magnetic fields. It will also carry a time capsule that includes (contained in indestructible discs) a Hebrew Bible, drawings by Israeli children and Israeli songs.
Comments
Nah! I got nothing..sorry....other than shouldn't we at least try and sort this planet before we **** up another? jeez
Thanks for this link and info, I had no idea this had occurred.
The Wright brothers stood on the shoulders of giants , they wanted to achieve manned flight ,the people that came after them contributed to making aviation into a multi billion pound industry. Look how for we've come in the last 100 years, aviation advancement has been rapid and its not going to stop soon.
The early flight machines were the penny farthings by todays standards.
Could the Wright brothers have known the money they were spending on flight explorations was going to lead to a multi billion dollar setup ?
A chap called Charles Peter Conrad Sr was 12 years old when he witnessed the first manned flight, (December 17, 1903). He lived to witness his son Pete Conrad. walk on the moon, thats some leap.
A natural progression from manned flight is space exploration , the spinoffs from space exploration are many .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_spinoff_technologies.
The link also lists some spinoff myths.
Looking at the planets, moons , stars and out into space is a science and we need science to help us understand the universe / nature and how it all works.
Our civilisation is based on science and technology
Carl Segan can word it better .
“Exploration is in our nature. We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still. We have lingered long enough on the shores of the cosmic ocean. We are ready at last to set sail for the stars.”
“[T]he prediction I can make with the highest confidence is that the most amazing discoveries will be ones we are not today wise enough to foresee.”
“For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.”
It human nature to try find out where we came from and how we got here, landing on the moon it a spoke in the penny farthing wheel.
Its our duty to future generations to hand them bigger shoulders to carry them onward.
As I've strayed from the OP question and rambled on a bit, ill stick a chart up that i found through google to save some face.
(Studies suggest that for every $1 spent on space exploration $7 to $14 is returned.)