ispace: Japanese Lunar Startup focused on building a lunar economy using the Moon's resources

ispace is a lunar exploration company, based in Japan, with a vision to extend human presence into outer space. The company sees the Moon’s water as a vital resource to fuel a thriving space-based economy.

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00:00 Intro
01:03 ispace Lunar Landers
01:20 Series 1 Lander
01:30 APEX 1.0 Lunar Lander
01:58 ispace Mission 1: Lunar Landing Failure
03:41 ispace Mission 2: RESILIENCE Lunar Landing
05:21 Mission 2 Milestones
05:43 Partnerships
05:54 ispace Partner: Asteroid Mining Corporation
06:47 ispace Partner: Komatsu
07:02 ispace Partner: Orbit Fab
07:51 ispace Partner: Takasago Thermal Engineering Company
08:44 ispace Partner: Zeno Power
09:20 ispace and Lunar Lava Tubes
10:43 Upcoming Missions
11:04 Mission 3: Team Draper Commercial Mission 1
11:37 Mission 4 and Beyond
12:07 Outro

Sources:

iSpace: https://ispace-inc.com

ispace Landing Livestream (English): https://www.youtube.com/live/BVSMXQPeTcw?si=-qfMBdhUuzCO-Omd

Moonshot, exploring lunar lava tubes with small AI robots: https://moonshot.r.chuo-u.ac.jp/kunii/