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Israeli scientists shoot for the moon with dishwasher-sized spacecraft
Reuters
Published: 06.03.14, 17:09
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1. Than a panda?
Jacob E ,   Holon, Israel   (03.06.14)
So... 160kg. Why did they choose a panda? Why not a baby elephant? Or how about an average sized american?
2. Call me when you're there ;) ,...
split ,   US   (03.06.14)
In case of any problems AIPAC can arrange a piggyback lift off and ride all the way to the moon with landing. By the way 18 teams are involved in this project and not one except Israelis are bragging about it ,...
3. To: No. 2
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (03.06.14)
But not Poland. Gee, can't think why ....
4. Raising funds
Joe Mevorah ,   Lincoln,USA   (03.06.14)
SpaceL should consider contacting Salderson who is wealthy enough to bankroll anything he wants. Closer to the domestic scene the Strauss family, and the other wealthy families who control Israel's economy could easily come up with the necessary funds.
5. Exciting...but bad business
Ian ,   Newcastle upon Tyne   (03.06.14)
Good luck to SpaceIL,Isuppose,but a cost of $36 million to win a $20 million prize doesn't really stack up. THREE CHEERS FOR ISRAEL!!!
6. Iron Dome
James ,   USA   (03.06.14)
Israel needs to make plans to send an iron dome system along with the craft. Iran plans to smuggle mortars to surround it. Oh forget it, lets just get the UN to do it.
7. Not all investments expect an immediate payoff. But this one
Moshe ,   Usa   (03.06.14)
will certainly give Israelis a huge bright future in their tech fields & this will be a great monetary bonus to Israel & those Israelis who worked on it ( & other Israelis who will be associated in the future with them) as time goes on.
8. Bibi
Mike ,   Tel Aviv   (03.06.14)
Can we please send Bibi up there on a one-way ticket?
9. #8, Bibi almost his life in 1973 war. Where were you?
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (03.06.14)
10. #8, Bibi's brother died saving Jews in Antebe 1976, and you?
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (03.06.14)
11. #8, Bibi risked his life in Sayeret Matkal. Where were you?
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (03.06.14)
12. #8 mike
arne ,   chicago usa   (03.06.14)
with bibi gone who will run the show? are you available?
13. To nr 2 what has this got to with Kaganovich, Solomon...
Alexander ,   Tel Aviv, Israel   (03.06.14)
.....the famine in Ukraine, Germany compensating Jews for WW2, Jewish-Polish relations, and the "Palestinians"? And what has this got to do with you? Can you define "bragging"? When non-Jews are proud of themselves and/or accomplish things and state the facts - it's just factual. When Jews do the same - it's "bragging". Right? Where is the Polish presence in global technology and science? Ooops... Martin Cooper was born to Ukrainian-Jews in USA - the inventor of the cell phone, and Alan Turing cracked the Enigma Code not a Pole. And several Israeli Nobel Prize Winners were born in Israel: Aaron Ciechanover, Daniel Kahneman, Dan Shechtman, Ariel Warshel and Ada Yonath. If Jewish Nobel Prize Winners in Poland, Russia, UK, Germany, France, USA and elsewhere have "stolen" the knowledge, then SURELY there MUST be EVIDENCE that someone else came up with these inventions? Right? So where's the evidence? Why hasn't anyone spoken out about it? If you don't answer my questions, if you change the subject as you usually do, I will ask the questions again. You state your hatred for Jews and your excuses for hating Jews - not the reasons for hating Jews.
14. #8, Bibi almost lost his life in 1973 war. Where were you?
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (03.06.14)
15. #13 - You ask for it, dimhead ,...
split ,   US   (03.07.14)
Martin Cooper, another long lost but digged out of closet by hasbara peddlers Jewish son ;) Martin Cooper was born to Ukrainian parents Arthur and Mary Cooper. Not much is known about Cooper's parents except that they were from Ukraine according to their son, Ukrainians or maybe Polish considering that 1/2 of today's Ukraine was Polish for couple of centuries prior to partition and 1/3 after WWI but unlike you I won't insist on it. - His mother's name Mary (Maria) is very popular among Ukrainians and Poles and hardly known as the name of Jewish girl, his father's name Arthur hardly recognised among Jews ,... About Enigma, google "Polish Broke German Codes:" or "Cryptanalysis of the Enigma" and knock yourself out. In regard of Israeli Nobel prize laureates... Read more carefully "not one for a Jew born, educated or for his/her work in Israel despite that Israel exist for 65 years and an average prize winner age is under 50 yo" ,... Google was founded not invented...."as a research project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin when they were both PhD students at Stanford University in Stanford, California", that's how they introduce themselves without any mention to be Jewish, that's how it should be recognised and respected not the way you want. By the way, Google adopted the idea of selling search terms from a small search engine company named goto.com. It's military version predecessor was operational before Page and Brim were born but how the hell would you know, you're here to peddle your hasbara crap not to deal with facts or educate yourself ,... Manitoba processor? Are you sure you didn't mean Manitoba Kosher Meat Processor? Manitoba was a system-on-a-chip introduced by Intel Corporation in 2003. It was a total failure in the attempt by Intel to break into the smart phones market ,... Centrino, a mainboard chipset, mobile CPU and wireless network interface in the design of a laptop. Another Intel product. Last time I checked Intel was US corporation headquartered in Santa Clara, California. Anything invented in Intel's labs is intel's property, not Jewish ,... Page and Brim are Jews, Kaganowich, Yagoda are Commies - How convenient ;) ,... Try to spend more time doing your homework and less on running your mouth ,...
16. Size of a Dishwasher with legs
Claude ,   UK and Cape Town   (03.06.14)
So maybe they are planning on sending our regular poster Split to the big cheese in the sky. We know he likes cheese and as dishwashing does not require great skills, he would be a very suitable candidate for a one way ticket.
17. first Palentine
Holy Warrior ,   UK   (03.07.14)
now the moon, greedier than i thought..
18. #3 Sarah B
(03.07.14)
Don't forget that Poland invented submarine screen door. Either they are resting on their laurels or the polaks already drank all the vodka that was supposed to fuel their rocket submission.
19. Sorry folks, Armstron was not on the moon..
Beary White ,   Norway   (03.07.14)
It was faked, and the greatest hoax,,,just beaten by Islamic-cult-ideology. Belgium receive a gift from the NASA, which actually was analyzed and came out (the year of 2006), as petrified wood. (collected from the south-pole by von Brown in 1968...) "Rijksmuseum spokeswoman Xandra van Gelder, who oversaw the investigation that proved the piece was a fake, said the museum will keep it anyway as a curiosity." At least no person has ever returned to earth alive after being on the moon, as we do not know what happened to 7 Russian cosmonauts...
20. #17, first back home to Mecca, Jihadi
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (03.07.14)
21. Sarah @ 3 ,...
split ,   US   (03.07.14)
I can live with that as long as they don't outsource their obligation to take care of their old and sick to Germans and make them rely on their handouts to survive, while aiming for the moon ,... An ego-trip that will end up like the Lavi debacle despite stolen blueprints and technology ,...
22. 2
(03.07.14)
what's the matter, hog farmer???? jealous??
23. Isn't the Moon Palestinian territory?
Johannes ,   Norway   (03.07.14)
24. Jews grabbing Palestinian land!
Banana Split   (03.08.14)
An Israeli craft has landed on our sacred Palestinian soil of the moon. We have brought the case up to the ICC AND THE UN general assembly where 187 countries have already sided with us. Only The Zionist entityand Micronesia do not consider the moon our sovereign territory. US ambassador Power said that the matter would be carefully analyzed as to how it will affect the liberal vote in 2016.
25. 21.If you could convert your hatred
J.K. ,   Brooklyn USA   (03.07.14)
to energy,you could fly to the moon.
26. to the moon
Heschil ,   London UK   (03.09.14)
# there you can have Palentine and settle
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