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3SquirrelsinaCoat t1_jd4i7cp wrote

ispace is fuckin awesome. I've had great conversations with some of the people there - they are not fucking around. On their development timeline, this landing is important, but they've been working on tech for the future missions for the last couple years already. Batteries are a big item for their long-term plan, which isn't just landing. Once it can land reliably and its rover batteries can survive lunar night, this becomes a science platform that gives lunar access to any paying customer. The Moon economy is about to break wide open, and ispace will be the ones to cut the ribbon, I'm sure of it.

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lhellgren t1_jd6bhto wrote

dang, my research in college was designing a system for lunar rover batteries to allow them to survive the lunar night and now my job is designing a lunar lander, ima look into these guys.

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SnappleManTTV t1_jd6c3q7 wrote

Did all that and had no idea of the current leader in the 'space.' Nice college indeed.

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lhellgren t1_jd6eitd wrote

well we were developing a chamber design for the battery that had never been done before and were funded by nasa to do so, so their existence wouldnt have been relevant to our work whether I knew of them or not

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spewing-oil t1_jd6nbld wrote

It’s this companies first launch. Not sure why you were expected to know about them.

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mechadracula t1_jd4z9ad wrote

I, for one, welcome our new Japanese Moon Overlords.

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Afrin_Drip OP t1_jd5bemo wrote

Idk if anyone else got a, “Sailor Moon” visual but I enjoyed it..

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SquarePegRoundWorld t1_jd5ai3b wrote

I am curious about the micro rover with the second mission. That sounds neat.

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shalafi71 t1_jd6n1aw wrote

Japan is the 3rd largest economy in the world.

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Afrin_Drip OP t1_jd69j4o wrote

It’s funny to see how the “non-supers” have better programs than the “super powers” imo.. by better I mean their overall outlook and niche in space advancements is better..

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Whoelselikeants t1_jd67nqc wrote

It’s still wild how there’s only one “superpower”. Japan should be considered one because it has massive cultural influence, a pretty strong military, insane technological standings, it’s allied with basically all of nato, and more. Still waiting on Zambia to catch up in space.

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MesaBit t1_jd691w0 wrote

Is this mission landing? Or are they making sure they can get into a lunar orbit?

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cbusalex t1_jd822u5 wrote

It's landing, probably in about a month. It's also delivering a moon rover for the UAE.

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