It’s only been a few months since Israel’s nonprofit space group SpaceIL attempted a soft landing on the Moon. It would have been an extraordinary accomplishment, and the first privately-funded lunar landing ever, but it didn’t exactly go as planned. The lander crashed, and SpaceIL pledged to try again. Now, it’s backtracking on that pledge and deeming the Moon not worthy of its efforts. Odd.
In a tweet sent out by SpaceIL, the group revealed that it’s not targeting the Moon for its next attempt, despite saying so in the wake of its previous try. It’s strange, but things became even more bizarre when the company released a statement on its decision.
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