Israel's SpaceIL will not try second moonshot
Israel's SpaceIL will not try second moonshot
SpaceIL, the Israeli company that attempted but failed to put an unmanned craft on the moon earlier this year, says it will not try a second moonshot.
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A successful mission would have made Israel the fourth country to complete a moonshot [AFP]
SpaceIL, the Israeli company that attempted but failed to put an unmanned craft on the moon earlier this year, says it will not try a second moonshot.
The company issued a statement on Tuesday saying its lunar mission in April has been widely hailed as "an exceptional success," despite crash landing on the moon.
It says that "an attempt to repeat a trip to the moon is not enough of a challenge" and will instead search for a different mission.
The SpaceIL "Beresheet" spacecraft attempted to be the first privately funded lunar mission, but failed to make a controlled landing on the lunar surface.
Israel announced the plan in summer last year, with hopes of staking Israel's claim among the high-tech elite.
A successful operation would have made it only the fourth country to ever complete a moon mission.
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