Japanese private lunar lander company ispace experienced a crash during its second mission to land on the moon, continuing a trend of failures among private lunar expeditions. The lander, named Resilience, lost communication with flight controllers less than two minutes before touchdown, prompting an official declaration of mission failure. The company is investigating the reasons for the crash, which may involve a malfunction in its altitude-measuring laser system. Despite setbacks, ispace CEO Takeshi Hakamada expressed commitment to future lunar endeavors, emphasizing the importance of learning from these failures.
The mission aimed to deploy a mini rover on the moon, but communication was lost less than two minutes before the scheduled landing.
CEO Takeshi Hakamada stressed that ispace would continue pursuing future lunar missions despite the setbacks.
Preliminary analysis indicated a malfunction in the laser system for altitude measurement led to a rapid descent and hard landing.
With more failures than successes, the commercial moon rush challenges the notion that private enterprises can succeed in lunar exploration.
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