Israeli lunar lander deploys legs
Capitalism in space: The Israeli lunar lander Beresheet, now beginning its circuitous journey to the Moon, has established communications with the Earth while deploying its landing legs.
There does appear to be an issue with the spacecraft’s star trackers, but it is not clear how critical this is.
Beresheet, by the way, means “In the beginning” in Hebrew.
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Capitalism in space: The Israeli lunar lander Beresheet, now beginning its circuitous journey to the Moon, has established communications with the Earth while deploying its landing legs.
There does appear to be an issue with the spacecraft’s star trackers, but it is not clear how critical this is.
Beresheet, by the way, means “In the beginning” in Hebrew.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Both articles state that “the main mission goal is to inspire young people, especially kids in Israel, to become more interested in science, technology, engineering and math.” It seems to me that the more important mission, in addition to the magnetic field survey and lunar crater investigations, is to verify that they understand the science and engineering that it takes to build, operate, and navigate a space probe away from Earth orbit. They are also verifying that Lunar missions can be accomplished for relatively little cost.
This mission isn’t some small deal that entertains and enthuses school kids. It is a big deal that should enthuse the world’s investors, too.