This Moon Lander To Carry "Memory Disk" Of 275 Languages
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9 May 2024
To preserve a significant aspect of humanity on the moon, ispace, a Japanese company, has partnered with UNESCO, to send a robotic lander to Moon
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Hakuto-R Mission 2 aims to send a "memory disc" with 275 languages and other cultural artefacts to Moon, which has been created by the UN body
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This move is seen as an attempt to save a portion of human history in the event that the survival of humans on Earth is ever threatened
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The languages will be included in the Preamble of the UNESCO Constitution
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If the schedule goes as planned, iSpace plans to deploy the memory disc on its Resilience lunar lander as part of its mission and deliver it to the moon in late 2024
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Julien Lamamy, CEO of ispace-Europe, said, "Maintaining linguistic diversity and preserving culture are significant aspects of UNESCO's mandate."
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He added, "We are very honoured to announce that ispace's Hakuto-R Mission 2 will contribute to realise UNESCO's lunar mission to benefit the world,"
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Notably, the Japanese company's first moon lander named Hakuto-R was launched in December 2022 on the Mission-1
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On April 25, 2023, the lander made a landing attempt, however, the spacecraft crashed because the onboard computer miscalculated the altitude
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Hakuto-R Mission 2, the company's second mission, will be launched this year and will also include "a micro moon rover".