Japanese company iSpace Technologies has raised $ 90 million in a Series A funding round led by Japan Airlines and Tokyo Broadcasting System Corporation . The start - up will use the funding to fund two missions , one in 2019 to put a craft in lunar orbit and a second in 2020 to land the same ship on the moon . iSpace is developing 3D printed robots which will collect samples from the satellite ahead of eventual human colonisation , and will also offer a " projection advertising service " enabling advertising on the lunar surface .
Japanese company iSpace Technologies has raised $90m in a series A funding round led by Japan Airlines and Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings. The start-up will use the cash to fund two missions, one in 2019 to put a craft in lunar orbit and a second in 2020 to land the same ship on the moon. iSpace is developing 3D printed robots which will collect samples from the satellite ahead of eventual human colonisation, and will also offer a "projection mapping service" enabling advertising on the lunar surface.