Anže Slosar

One thing is that because you're outside of direct field of view from the ground, you have to rely on the relay satellite that kind of bounces the signals from the Earth.

So you can actually communicate back to Earth.

And this adds clearly a layer of complexity.

But we'll see.

Fingers crossed we land and our instrument works.

And what's the timeline on this?

So we're still talking about the launch being slated for the end of 2026.

It might get delayed.

Nobody knows.

Like in space business, things often get delayed.

But I think, you know, I can't wait to get there and see.

Yeah, so there will be many, many firsts in this mission.

It will be the first US mission to land on the far side.

It will be the first private sector mission to land on the far side.

It will be the first functioning radio telescope on the far side.

Chinese also had an instrument that unfortunately didn't work very well and we're trying to not repeat similar mistakes.

So it will be the first commercial instrument trying to survive the lunar night, which is very difficult, right?

So Moon is extremely difficult to survive both the day and night because during the day it's very, very hot and during the night it's very, very cold.

And so you have to design for two very different thermal environments.

So there is a satellite that circles around the moon.