OK, so “private” interests (but if it’s a “non profit” can it possibly be “private”, being as that implies government support in the form of tax exemptions?) can spend a lot of money for essentially nothing but a cool stunt too.
“I think others will follow us. In fact, I’m sure others will follow us.”
Yes they will, but why? As a stunt. Let’s own up to it. The moon is a shitty place to be, even for a robot.
They claim that the spacecraft is named “in the beginning” because that is the first words of the Bible. Israel is not a Christian country. It is Jewish. That would mean that the Torah is the source of the spacecraft’s name.
March 6th, 2019 at 6:19 pm
Nice. And especially important is the “first private” bit.
March 6th, 2019 at 9:35 pm
OK, so “private” interests (but if it’s a “non profit” can it possibly be “private”, being as that implies government support in the form of tax exemptions?) can spend a lot of money for essentially nothing but a cool stunt too.
“I think others will follow us. In fact, I’m sure others will follow us.”
Yes they will, but why? As a stunt. Let’s own up to it. The moon is a shitty place to be, even for a robot.
March 6th, 2019 at 10:45 pm
They claim that the spacecraft is named “in the beginning” because that is the first words of the Bible. Israel is not a Christian country. It is Jewish. That would mean that the Torah is the source of the spacecraft’s name.