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Israel Launches Spacecraft To the Moon (npr.org)
The first privately funded mission to land on the moon took one giant step forward this evening as an Israeli spacecraft blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. "[I]f the mission is successful, it would make Israel the fourth country to land a spacecraft on the lunar surface -- after the U.S., the former Soviet Union and China," reports NPR. From the report: The spacecraft launched with a Space X Falcon 9 rocket, according to SpaceIL's partner Israel Aerospace Industries. It detached from the reusable rocket, which returned to an off-shore platform. The spacecraft was to make several orbits around Earth, slowly getting closer to the moon. In a difficult maneuver, it was to pivot from orbiting Earth to orbiting the moon, and then eventually attempt a treacherous landing on the moon. The total journey will take several months, with a landing anticipated in mid-April. According to IAI, it would be the "longest journey until landing on the moon, 6.5 million kilometers."
[The spacecraft, which is called Beresheet (Hebrew for "in the beginning"] is covered in gold-colored reflective coating. And as WMFE's Brendan Byrne reported, it's about the size of a kitchen table. It's carrying a digital time capsule which, according to The Jerusalem Post, contains "drawings by Israeli children, the Bible, the national anthem, prayers, Israeli songs and a map of the State of Israel, among other cultural items." The spacecraft is set to run experiments on the moon's surface -- in particular, SpaceIL says it will collaborate with the Weizmann Institute of Science and UCLA to "take measurements of the Moon's mysterious magnetic field."
[The spacecraft, which is called Beresheet (Hebrew for "in the beginning"] is covered in gold-colored reflective coating. And as WMFE's Brendan Byrne reported, it's about the size of a kitchen table. It's carrying a digital time capsule which, according to The Jerusalem Post, contains "drawings by Israeli children, the Bible, the national anthem, prayers, Israeli songs and a map of the State of Israel, among other cultural items." The spacecraft is set to run experiments on the moon's surface -- in particular, SpaceIL says it will collaborate with the Weizmann Institute of Science and UCLA to "take measurements of the Moon's mysterious magnetic field."
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that there are no houses there to steal.
"SpaceX launches spacecraft to the Moon for Israel". FTFY
Once they colonize the moon - maybe they could share a bit of land that they took away from the Palestines and destroy the walls and barbed wires they enclosed them within.
that "Israeli spacecraft" has better things to do than carry a bunch of kitsch to the fucking moon. There is actual science to be done on the moon. This is a vanity shot.
someday, we may each get our own planet? cease fire stand down.. the shortages will end sooner.. good sports with good spirits all agree..
"Jews in Spaaaaaace!".....
yuck
It's nearing the start of February now. Is that a typo meant to read "several weeks"?
Usually "several months" is not a term used to describe a length of time that's more than a year away.
A man crashes into the party assembly of the SED (East-German communist party back when it was in command): "Comrads! The Russians, they're on the moon!"
Hopeful inquiry: "Really? All of them?"
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
"Beresheet" = Genesis. Yes, literally it means "in the beginning" but, it is _never_ used that way in common usage. It is the name of the 1st book in the bible (and also the 1st word in it). Even Google translate knows this https://translate.google.com/#... [google.com] But obviously spending a few seconds looking a word up is too much for the modern reporter.
Space Balls to the Wa!!
Man!
it's about the size of a kitchen table.
It that a metric or an imperial kitchen table?
Nae king! Nae laird! Nae yurrupiean pressedent! We willna be fooled again!
I wonder if any of those drawings are by Israeli Arab kids...
Work like no one is watching. Dance like you've never been hurt. Make love like you don't need the money.
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Couldn't decide between using meters or feet and went with a completely useless unit instead? How big is a kitchen table, they are pretty famous for wildly varying in size. And usually a table denotes a surface, even if you said as big as THAT table it shouldn't be about the volume of an object. Libraries of Congress suddenly makes some sense...
That said, I've been waiting for decades to see Jews in Space, maybe not much longer now?
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The promised epic movie from Mel Brooks arrives.
As in a King James Old and New Testaments? Or is it a Torah?
It doesn't matter, but I'm curious. Both the NPR article and the referenced Jerusalem Post articles just say "bible."
classic
SpaceX launched a rocket, from Florida, with some Israeli trinkets on it.
Everybody knows Netanyahu drew them all himself and they are GLORIOUS! :-)
No, you bigot, the US has not sold them weapons that could "easily convert to a space launch platform". We've collaborated with them to design "weapons" that stop Iranian rockets launched against civilians.
For this reason, God sends them a powerful delusion(operation of wandering)(planet) so that they will believe the lie.
Mystery Red of the Great American Eclipse
It has blood on it!
ABCNews: Eclipse makes pendulum wander
Losing my religion
Would love to take a look at that map of Israel and see if it matches the current one.
First privately funded lunar mission.
First SpaceX lunar mission.
First orbital approach lunar mission.
First lunar mission with successful rocket reclamation.
Crash landed.
May the Schwartz be with them.
"contains "drawings by Israeli children, the Bible, the national anthem, prayers, Israeli songs and a map of the State of Israel, among other cultural items."
Just what we need, religious nut jobs leaving crap on the moon.
Thats strange, the article stated at NPR states they had a budget of 100m $. But it doesnt state what SpaceX spent. I'm sure the entire mission costed more than 100m if you compare it with the USA and russian budget. Too bad they didn't go in those details.
At least there's no dirty Arabs on the the Moon.. less chance of any argument when Jews claim God gave them the Moon as well as the illegitimate state of Israel.