Posted on 07/10/2018 8:29:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Three countries have landed missions on the moon: the US, Russia and China. Israel hopes to be the fourth when it launches a spacecraft this December with an assist from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
The unmanned mission is a joint effort between private company Israel Aerospace Industries and nonprofit organization SpaceIL. SpaceIL participated in the Google Lunar XPrize competition, which wrapped up earlier this year with no ultimate winner. The people at SpaceIL aren't letting that stop them from completing the lunar journey.
On Tuesday, the team announced its goal of a Feb. 13, 2019, moon landing, but it has yet to set a specific launch date in December. It will take about two months for the spacecraft to reach its destination after launch.
SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries have raised $88 million (£$66 million, AU$118 million) primarily from private donors to fund the project over the past eight years.
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Everyone should have to ask permission to go to the moon. We planted our flag there.
Jimmuh Carter is an idiot.
Oh, no Jooos on the moooon.
Oy Gevalt.
We’re Jews out in space
We’re zooming along
protecting the Hebrew race
We’re Jews out in space
If trouble appears
we put it right back in its place
When goyim attack us
We give ‘em a smack
we’ll slap them right back in the face
Any bets they beat the Palestinians to the moon?
An absolute certainty
Ping.
Ping.
Palistainians will be there tossing moon rocks at their habitat...
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But only one has ever put men on the moon and brought them back safely. :-)
Any bets that the Palis will produce photos of millions of Pali villages on the Moon that have been destroyed by the Israelis?.
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