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I was just watching it live, cheering for SpaceIL, it's a pity that the landing was not successful. I was part of the engineering team of the Japanese team Hak
by oriolgg 7y ago
I was just watching it live, cheering for SpaceIL, it's a pity that the landing was not successful.
I was part of the engineering team of the Japanese team Hakuto of the Google Lunar XPRIZE. I always wondered how it would feel to be in the control room at this time, but our launch deal fell through. I can understand what the SpaceIL engineers are going through right now.
Congratulations to all the SpaceIL team for reaching this far, your work has been impressive. Keep trying and you will make it!
- ronnier 7y agoMaybe not a success this time, but a lot will be learned. These types of failures are now we learn, adapt, and move forward.
- sanxiyn 7y agoI doubt SpaceIL will be able to use anything they learned. IIUC they are out of money and can't move forward.
- dmix 7y agoThe prime minister of Isreal announced they'll try again in two years. So that judgment may be a little premature. Regardless knowledge transfer isn't limited to either of those.
- sanxiyn 7y agoI understood incorrectly then. Nice to hear.
- dvirsky 7y agoWhat he said was more along the lines of "I hope we'll try again in a couple of years", really non committing.
- electriclove 7y agoIs this a government venture or private? I read that it is private but then I see quotes about the PM like this.
- Itaxpica 7y agoPrivate but partially funded by the government; the PM was at the launch and had (before the crash) been trumpeting it as a success for the country as a whole
- SEJeff 7y agoPrime Minister Netanyahu? There is a strong chance he'll be indicted and convicted, even though his new coalition is looking to dissolve the power of the judiciary (to bury his criminal indictments): https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-indicted-bribe-fraud-charges-n977571 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-prime-minister-ben...
- nir 7y agoIt doesn't make much difference any way. It's a private venture, his statement was just meant as cheer leading / consolation. I do hope they'll have another go, but it has very little to do with who's in government.
- golemiprague 7y agoMany people attribute the tech industry in Israel to the failure of the Lavie fighter jet project, many of the engineers moved forward and created startups utilising the knowledge they accumulated.
- inglor 7y agoTrue though Israel put its own satellites in space (the Amos program). The cool thing about it was that was a pet project of a few scientists doing it just because it was cool rather than a proper national project