在2/21/2019，「Beresheet」成功地以SpaceX火箭「SpaceX Falcon 9」發射，在4/4/2019進入月球軌道，並預備在一個星期內登上月球表面，卻不幸地在4/11/2019預備登月時因為主引擎故障而墜毀（Google這時仍同意贊助獎勵金）。 之後，將持續第二次登月計畫「Beresheet 2」，並且已經開始獲得贊助。 SpaceIL：http://www.visit.spaceil.com/ 已經提出第二次登月計畫了。 בְּרֵאשִׁית (in the beginning) 這張圖（截自https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47879538）顯示成功登月的國家與月球表面位置，最多為美國，其次是再次登月機會不大的蘇聯，中國慢慢跟上，印度一天前成功登月一次，唯一在月球背面登陸成功的是中國「嫦娥四號」。 這裡是專利部落格，總是要找個與專利有關的資訊，以「SpaceIL」為專利權人來看，並未搜尋到任何專利，以「Israel Aerospace Industries」來找，檢索條件：moon; landing;Assignee: Israel Aerospace Industries;Country: IL, WO, US, EP;Status: GRANT。 看到一件與垂直起降飛機有關的專利：US9932118 1. A hybrid vertical take-off and landing aircraft comprising:
an engine;
a generator configured to produce electric power using power supplied by the engine;
a battery configured to store the electric power produced by the generator;
a motor configured to receive at least one of the electric power stored in the battery and electric power produced by the generator but not stored in the battery and provide the power to at least one thrust generating apparatus; and
a controller configured to select either silence mode or normal mode, and determine the amount of electric power stored in the battery and the amount of electric power not stored in the battery from the electric power supplied to the motor, based on the selected mode,
wherein, in the silence mode, the controller configured to supply only the electric power stored in the battery to the motor, and control a duration by adjusting output power of motor, and
wherein, in the normal mode, the controller configured to supply electric power not stored in the battery to the motor.
a generally elongate and planar radiating part having a free end, a ground connection remote from the free end and a feed connection between the free end and the ground connection and connected to radio electronic circuitry having a given impedance and wherein the elongate radiating part comprises an elongate portion extending between the feed connection and the free end, which is dimensioned for impedance matching with the given impedance; and
a reflective plane juxtaposed and generally parallel to the elongate radiating pan with the plane of the radiating part being generally perpendicular to the reflective plane, the ground connection being mounted on the reflective plane, thereby providing electrical ground connection and mechanical support to the elongate radiating part.
根據Business Insider的訪問，Elon Musk認為SpaceX不需要專利，他認為主要對手是中國，認為中國會從專利取得技術！顯然，Musk要的是在SpaceX保持營業秘密。 "We have essentially no patents in SpaceX. Our primary long-term competition is in China," said Musk in the interview. "If we published patents, it would be farcical, because the Chinese would just use them as a recipe book."
my two cent:
或許如Elon Musk所說，專利對SpaceX沒用，但是對也不對，專利申請是需要「完整揭露」技術內容，但如果是常用的措施，容易被仿冒或是破解的技術，專利制度仍是必要，有法律保障，因為這類技術不等你開發，對手自然會找到方法，而且取得專利，這樣，在很多商業競爭上就會有阻礙；但對於真正尖端的科技，專利制度就顯得沒有必要，很多高科技公司的核心技術也不會申請專利。
Inter Partes Review No. 2014-01376, filed Aug. 25, 2014, of U.S. Patent No. 8,678,321, entitled Sea Landing of Space Launch-Vehicles and Associated Systems and Methods, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. v. Blue Origin, LLC;
Inter Partes Review No. 2014-01378, filed Aug. 25, 2014, of U.S. Patent No. 8,678,321, entitled Sea Landing of Space Launch-Vehicles and Associated Systems and Methods, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. v. Blue Origin, LLC.
系爭專利：US 8,678,321
這件早於2009年就佈局美國Provisional Application，再於2014年獲准專利，'321專利Claim 1界定一種發射太空載具的方法，包括以鼻第一方位從地面發射，開始時點燃一或多個火箭發動機；發射後，重新定位載具為尾第一方位；定位水中降落結構體；以及讓太空載具以尾第一方位垂直落地。 1. A method for operating a space launch vehicle, the method comprising:
launching the space launch vehicle from earth in a nose-first orientation, wherein launching the space launch vehicle includes igniting one or more rocket engines on the space launch vehicle;
reorienting the space launch vehicle to a tail-first orientation after launch;
positioning a landing structure in a body of water; and
vertically landing the space launch vehicle on the landing structure in the body of water in the tail-first orientation while providing thrust from at least one of the one or more rocket engines.
