"I have had time to think, over the weekend, about what happened," SpaceIL president and high-tech billionaire Morris Kahn told Israel's Channel 12 TV. "Given all of the encouragement I got, and the support from people all over the world I have come tonight to announce a new project - Beresheet 2." (Image: @TeamSpaceIL/Twitter)The maiden mission cost about $100 million (£76m), most of it raised from private donors like Kahn. Private donors were already pledging funds for the new project, Kahn said, but he added that money should come from the public for "a project of the people of Israel". So far, only three nations have succeeded in carrying out a controlled landing on the lunar surface - the United States, the Soviet Union and China.

Source: Daily Mirror April 15, 2019 16:28 UTC