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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."
"SpaceX launches spacecraft to the Moon for Israel". FTFY
"Jews in Spaaaaaace!".....
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.
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.
What science can you do on the moon, that cannot be done cheaper and easier on earth?
Science about, you know, the moon. Characterize its resources, look for lava caves and other features that may be of interest to colonists, and examine what the immediate surface deposits have to tell us about the history of the Sun.
Take any scientific project title, then add (On the Moon) to the end of it.
However monitoring solar radiation, astronomy with large telescopes, effects on some processes with reduced gravity, and science actually learning about the moon.
Right now the current man missions, and probe missions is like someone saying they know all about New York City, because they drove threw it on i87, flew over it and stopped at JFK airport. Then went to the top of the Empire States Building, and saw the Statue of Liberty.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
I find it funny when we look at the moon, need to justify science. We need to include, the final goal of us living there. I don't see any benefit on living on the moon, unless they find a way to make it self sustaining. Otherwise, for over population, we just need to send people to live in Antarctica, The Middle of Australia, and to all the other spots that we call rather inhospitable environments, because those areas how bad they are to survive, is still much more easier to live in then on the moon.
Basic rules of survival is the rule of 3.
3 minutes without air you die
3 days without water you die
3 weeks without food you die
The moon doesn't have any of these. Plus, there are factors on earth, that we need shelter for such as extreme heat and extreme cold (Which the moon has in abundance). Then things like radiation that we seem to be protected on the earth.
The Moon is probably one of the worst places to live.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
SpaceX launched a rocket, from Florida, with some Israeli trinkets on it.
My concerns are that now that Israel has interjected their desert god religion into the mix, are we going to extend the religion based wars onto the moon as well?
Ask Buzz Aldrin, who took communion on the Moon.
General Relativity: Space-time tells matter where to go; Matter tells space-time what shape to be.
First privately funded lunar mission.
First SpaceX lunar mission.
First orbital approach lunar mission.
First lunar mission with successful rocket reclamation.
Once they colonize the moon - maybe they could share a bit of land that they took away from the Palestines
That land has been disputed literally longer than recorded history. Jewish tribes seem to have owned it more often than not, though it's hard to say beyond 3000 years ago. The current people called "Palestinians" wandered in fairly recently in history, and can't be said to have any more claim to the land than the very long list of historical owners.
But we all know that "Palestine" is just a euphemism. Perhaps we can dispense with euphemism now that we have a couple of openly anti-Semitic congresscritters. Let's get it all out in the open - always the best way to clean house.
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