Japanese startup opens an advertising business on the Moon
Japanese companies plan to start developing the lunar economy by supporting a local start-up to open an advertising business on the moon by 2020, reports Bloomberg As Takeshi Khakamada, the CEO of Tokyo-based Ispace Inc, said, he raised $ 90 million from some of the country's largest enterprises, including Japan Airlines Co. and the television network Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings Inc. The funds will be used to send the spacecraft to the lunar orbit by 2019, and then back to Earth a year later. According to Takeshi Khakamada, "people do not go to the stars to become poor", so now is the time to create an economy in space. He believes that the initial business opportunity is related to marketing, including the placement of billboards on the surface of the moon. As expected, they will be demanded by corporations who want to show their logos on the background of the Earth. In addition, since 2021 Hakamada plans to launch a search for water on the Moon. From it you can get hydrogen fuel and support lunar settlements, for the inhabitants of which, in fact, billboards will be designed. Photo: Takeshi Khakamada / Bloomberg
