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Re:Japanese startup Ispace raises $90M, targets landing on m... by sushibowl on Thursday December 14, 2017 @11:13AM (#15923388)
This article has some more details on their plans. Apparently they're looking to launch as a secondary payload on something like a falcon 9:

http://spacenews.com/japanese-lunar-exploration-company-ispa...

I'm not sure if launching as a secondary decreases costs. They do have two missions planned apparently, after which they hope to start generating revenue by carrying up to 30kg of customer payload to the moon per launch.

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