In a series of tweets Friday, the company behind the $100 million spacecraft said its engineers believe a technical glitch caused the main engine to shut down and later"made it impossible to slow the spacecraft's descent."Israeli spacecraft crashes in final moments before moon landingThe spacecraft's first technical issue occurred at 14 kilometers above the moon, SpaceIL officials said.
"The spacecraft was launched into space in February and went on a seven-week journey to reach the moon. It circled the Earth multiple times before being"slingshoted" to the moon, traveling about 4 million miles in the process.But it crashed in the final moments before making a soft, controlled landing on the moon. The Israeli team was trying to become the fourth national space agency to make a controlled landing on the moon.
The Chinese can land on the side they can't see but once again the Israelites are lost in the wilderness.
Are they stealing Lunar land as well?
This amuses Omar
It’s time to stop isreal aide!
technical glitch - that’s a relief. I thought the moon may have suddenly shrunk in size or something.
I stand with Israel, but man am I gonna post a bunch of politically incorrect jokes about this, just like real comedians used to do. Full disclosure, I’m not a comedian.
Blame the prime minister
They’re going to find a way to blame the Palestinians.
Time to bomb Gaza.
come on Israel !! You can do this time. That was an incredible effort! 🙌
Attempt? More like the Nazi moon base shot it down.
so the US sends $3.8 billion to Israel annually (more than any other country) to fund their space program?
This pic. 😂😂😂😂😂
Or did it ?
Obviously, the moon is anti-semetic
Lmfao!