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Josh Dinner

Japanese company books 1,100 pounds of cargo space on SpaceX Starship mission to the moon

A computer-generated image of ispace’s Mobile Cargo System to be installed on SpaceX’s Starship.

ispace is expanding its already extensive moon plans to include SpaceX's Starship megarocket.

The Tokyo-based company announced today (July 8) that it has booked 1,100 pounds (500 kilograms) of cargo capacity on Starship, the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built, for a moon mission that could launch as soon as 2030. The deal is worth $50 million, according to Tokyo Brief.

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