Japanese company iSpace Technologies has raised $ 90 million in a Series A funding round led by Japan Airlines and Tokyo Broadcasting System Corporation . No. 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 $ 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 .