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Japan Considering Moon Base, Shuttle Projects

Posted by timothy on from the sharks-lasers-butterflies dept.

ScentCone writes "A brief article at Newsday mentions a Monday report that JAXA, Japan's counterpart to NASA, is looking at robotic probes on the moon by 2015, and construction on a solar-powered manned research base starting there by 2025. The (very) big bump in the agency's budget will also get spent on tsunami warning technology and other terrestrial communications technology development."

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  1. Me too by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am also considering a moonbase, but I don't get a front page story.

  2. First thing that came to mind... by turboflux · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Gentlemen, allow me to demonstrate the awesome lethality of the Alan Parsons Project. Fire the laser!"