Moon Shot | Episode 7 | Israel: Space IL

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2016Mar 17

One of the last teams to enter the GLXP, SpaceIL was co-founded by Yariv Bash, whose grandfather's life was tragically altered by the Holocaust. Inspired by his grandfather's work as an engineer, Bash hopes SpaceIL's efforts to build cool new technology will encourage others, including his young son, to improve the world for future generations. Episode Seven of Moon Shot, a documentary from Academy Award®-winning director Orlando von Einsiedel, Executive Producer J.J. Abrams, Bad Robot, Epic Digital Google and XPRIZE (http://lunar.xprize.org). The Google Lunar XPRIZE is the largest prize competition of all time with a reward of $30 million and aims to incentivize entrepreneurs to create a new era of affordable access to the Moon and beyond, while inspiring the next generation of scientists, engineers, and explorers. This character-driven, emotional, awe-inspiring series of 9 short films will follow a selection of the teams currently racing to complete their missions. It will explore the lives of their charismatic, quirky members, the sacrifices they have made to get to where they are today, and crucially, what drives them on this incredible journey. Follow us here to catch the series, and on: Twitter: / glxp Facebook: / googlelunarxprize Google+: https://plus.google.com/+googlelunarx... Director Orlando von Einsiedel Executive Producer J.J. Abrams Producers Joshua Davis Lindsey Weber Joshuah Bearman Andrew Lee Co-Producers Jon Drever Becca Perry Ben Rosenblatt Story Producer Steven Leckart Line Producer Adam Mitchenall Director of Photography Franklin Dow Editors Katie Bryer Andy Cardy Rebecca Valente Nathan Orloff Composer Patrick Jonsson Production Managers Sunny Dimitriadou Elena Andreicheva Josie Wicks Camera Assistants Will Hadley Jamie Ackroyd Naomi Hancock Sound Recordist Sara Lima Assistant Editors Youssef Bouhassis Ailene Roberts Laura Creecy Post-Production Management Amelia Franklin Philip Hoang Graphics Sal Sciortino Colorist Juan Ignacio Cabrera Conform Artist Peter Amies Sound Re-Recording Mixers Lindsey Alvarez Craig Henighan Production Services Grain Media Visual Effects Kelvin Optical, Inc. Google Brand Marketing Michael Tabtabai Cameron Luby Yasemin Denari Southworth Ben Quesnel Matt Hirst Production Support Mike Silver Cory Bennett Lewis Josh Tate Morgan Dameron Amir Mojarradi Eboni Price Kristofer Cross Special Thanks Chanda Gonzales-Mowrer David Locke Charles Scott Robby Stambler Matt Evans Jesse Goldsmith Chrysta Burton Ali Lowndes Diane Coote Richard Jephcote Nick Rowley Alice Martineau 72andSunny Kelly Vicars Harry Spitzer Natalie So The Bash Family Israel Space Agency Eran Privman Oshrat Slama Alon Farago Guy Avitan Elen Gafni Additional footage provided by: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Arizona State University Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center Dissolve.com