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Title: Resilience Spacecraft Likely Crashed Into the Moon, Ispace Confirms

Link: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/06/06/0...

Japan-based Ispace confirmed its Resilience lander likely crashed during its
second failed attempt at a lunar landing, after a sensor malfunction
prevented proper deceleration. Despite the setback, the company remains
committed to future missions, with funding secured for a third attempt using
a new lander, Apex 1.0, scheduled for 2027. "Until then, Ispace has its work
cut out for it," reports CNN. "[Ispace CEO and founder Takeshi Hakamada] said
during the news briefing he will need to work to regain the trust of
investors, and the company will need to deeply investigate what went wrong on
the Resilience mission to ensure similar issues don't plague Apex 1.0." The
company has ambitious "plans to eventually build a city on the lunar surface
that would house a thousand people and welcome thousands more for tourist
visits," notes ABC News. "If ispace is going to establish a colony on the
moon, it will need to identify an ample supply of ice or water, which it will
convert into fuel for a future lunar fueling station. The ability to produce
fuel on the moon will enable the company to transport people back and forth
between the Earth and the moon."

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