In about seven weeks, SpaceX will launch a Beresheet which is SpaceIL’s small ~600 kg (1300 lb) lunar lander.
SpaceIL competed the Google Lunar XPrize. This launch is about a year too late for the Google prize.
SpaceX will launch an Indonesia’s PSN-6 communications satellite and the lunar lander will be a secondary payload.
The Indonesian satellite Nusantara Satu (PSN VI) has arrived at the Cape for its February launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 (SSL Release: https://t.co/usuBQeq9Uz).
This is a shared launch with Spaceflight GTO-1/SpaceIL (Israel’s first mission to the moon): https://t.co/OvyNAc9qfP pic.twitter.com/Z8HDFDUCdX
— Chris B – NSF (@NASASpaceflight) December 20, 2018
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now watch they will say that god give them the moon to live on, lololololololololol
I’ve heard you can stop the Israeli moon base from broadcasting to your inhaled smart dust by using a head covering composed of layers of very thin sheeting of rolled conductive metals, made into a protective “hat”.
Kosher fried chicken also some gefilte fish
They are really gift packages to little green men containing fried chicken.
fried chicken = mass efficiency
tin foil = thermal insulation
To keep it warm (or to keep it from getting to cold). Delicate instruments and electronics have to be within a certain optimum temperature range to operate properly. Temperatures on the moon vary from 260 to -280 defrees Fahrenheit. The “foil” is called MLI (Multi-Layer Insulation).
Why do satellites always look like a piece of fried chicken wrapped in tin foil?
I wish them luck.
If all goes well, this one will be the first private lander on the Moon, hopefully spearheading a permanent return.