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Japan Airlines partners to send cultural heritage to the moon

Japan Airlines is partnering with space startup ispace to transport cultural heritage items to the moon. This initiative, called the ARGO Trans-Lunar Heritage Project, aims to preserve artifacts and ways of life from Earth's potential destruction due to climate change or conflict. Analysts view this as a diversification strategy for the airline into the space sector, potentially aligning with Japan's lunar ambitions. AI

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Japan Airlines partners to send cultural heritage to the moon

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Julian Ryall ·

    Japan Airlines wants to blast human culture into space and land it on the moon

    A partnership between Japan Airlines and a space start-up marks the first step for the carrier to explore diversification beyond Earth-bound aviation, potentially boosting Japan’s ambition to expand its footprint on the moon. The airline is teaming up with ispace to transport ite…