Israeli startup WeSpace aims to launch robotic 'moon hopper' by 2026

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The company wants to help customers explore hard-to-reach places on (and perhaps below) the lunar surface.

during its landing attempt in April 2019. Harel and Feffer established WeSpace that same year, with aspirations for a much more complex lunar vehicle. WeSpace is touting the hopper as a highly capable autonomous spacecraft with the ability to zip around the moon using thrusters to fly from location to location, hover above specific areas or deliver payloads somewhere on the surface — and possibly even beneath it.

The company views the current means of exploring the lunar surface — mainly via rovers — as inadequate to help develop an emerging lunar economy.

 

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