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

A partnership between Japan-airlines" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="121094" data-entity-type="organization">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 items of “precious cultural heritage and human activities” via a lander craft to the Moon and protect them from the effects of Climate Change, Natural Disasters and conflict on Earth.“In the rapidly changing world, there is a constant risk that precious cultural artefacts and ways of life could be suddenly lost. The lunar environment offers a location to protect and preserve these valuable cultural assets until the day they are opened by future generations,” Japan-airlines" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="121094" data-entity-type="organization">Japan Airlines said in a statement.