With SpaceX Starship, Japan's ispace provides ride-share to the moon

Japanese moon transport company ispace said on Wednesday it would start a ‌new lower-cost ⁠lunar ⁠cargo business using the Starship heavy rocket and moon lander developed by Elon Musk's SpaceX.

Tokyo-based ⁠ispace has ‌bought 500 kg (1102 lb) ⁠of capacity on a Starship that would land on the moon as soon as 2030 and will build ‌a lunar surface vehicle that can host ⁠payloads from worldwide clients sharing their ride on Starship to the moon, it said.