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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. Re:Good by redcircle · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This will foster competition and everyone wins!

    I'd love to see the bumper stickers on the shuttles.

    "My robot beat-up your robot"