Morris Kahn, the primary sponsor of Israel's Beresheet/Genesis lunar lander said on Monday, "It is a great honor for me to light a torch on Yom Haatzmaut together with the three founders of Beresheet. Yariv [Bash], Kfir [Damari] and Yonatan [Weintraub], and I am very grateful for the opportunity."
Kahn noted, "The goal of the organization, the donors and our partners in this project – IAI [Israel Aerospace Industries -ed.], is to be an inspiration for the young generation to dare to dream and not be afraid of the journey. In this I feel we have succeeded – we created the "Beresheet effect". We aren't giving up on the goal we set for ourselves and before us stands a new and exciting journey: Beresheet 2."