The Israeli government is now keen to follow in the footsteps of the global superpowers by traveling into space and planting their flag on the moon.
Israel has unveiled their Space IL project and intends to build the spacecraft before 2015 for its own purposes of moon exploration.
Israeli President Shimon Peres said at an unveiling ceremony in Jerusalem that compared with the scale of the US space effort, the Israeli effort will be focused on a small scale nature, expressing skill and invention.
"If you want what these guys are doing, it's a small moon for a small people. The American
