A secret queso recipe from the Kerbey Lane Cafe in Austin lost in the crash of an Israeli lunar vessel

Israeli lunar spacecraft "Beresheet" lands Thursday on the moon resulted in the loss of some queso.

In fact, what has been lost is a copy of the queso secret recipe from Kerbey Lane Cafe in Austin. Since the moon is not made of cheese, Austin's leaders and coffee people were willing to send it that way.

"Ok, so the crash has landed, but we are still so proud to have participated in this historic event!" the cafe posted on Facebook on Thursday afternoon.

In February, Austin Mayor Steve Adler drew a parallel between the cargo heading for the moon and the historic lunar surface race.

"We chose to send queso to the moon – and maybe also some day chips, not because these things are easy, but because they are difficult," Adler said. "The challenge of eating weightless queso is a challenge we are willing to accept, a challenge we do not want to postpone, and a challenge that we intend to win, among other key challenges, such as next time, to remember the chips. "

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Built by an Israeli non-profit organization, the probe was launched on February 21 on the back of a SpaceX rocket. Also on board was a physical archive of laser-engraved documents on a radiation-resistant disc. A complete copy of the English version of Wikipedia was included.

The Kerbey Lane Cafe opened in 1980 in North Austin and has since expanded to eight different locations in the city.

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