3SquirrelsinaCoat t1_jd4i7cp wrote on March 21, 2023 at 7:49 PM

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.

lhellgren t1_jd6bhto wrote on March 22, 2023 at 3:28 AM

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.

SnappleManTTV t1_jd6c3q7 wrote on March 22, 2023 at 3:33 AM

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

lhellgren t1_jd6eitd wrote on March 22, 2023 at 3:56 AM

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

spewing-oil t1_jd6nbld wrote on March 22, 2023 at 5:33 AM

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