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Old March 3rd 19, 02:58 AM posted to sci.space.policy
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Default Israel to launch first privately funded moon mission

First Israeli Spacecraft to Moon Had Secret Mission: Take 30-Million-Page Library
Into Space to Preserve Civilization:

"The first Israeli mission to the moon carried a secret cargo, a small metal disk
that contains the building blocks of human civilization in 30 million pages of
information.

The extensive archive has been dubbed the ‘lunar library’ and is meant to act as a
kind of civilization backup for future generations. The DVD-size metal disk
containing the information blasted off to the moon onboard the Beresheet
spacecraft, a privately funded Israeli mission to the moon, facilitated by Elon
Musk's SpaceX aerospace company."

See:

https://www.newsweek.com/first-israe...ibrary-1348670