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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."

6 of 338 comments (clear)

  1. Can I Come ?!?!?!!!111!1!one by Primal_theory · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Will they allow imports?

    I guess they would run out of space at one time or another....

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  2. 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"

  3. Re:Launch explosion? by elasticwings · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So do you really make 3$ an hour looking at porn on that website? Or is it just a gimmick like a free Ipod?

  4. Re:Launch explosion? by randyest · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I've been paid. Net was more than $3/hr. from bonuses for clicking on email links they occasionally send. You don't have to get referrals or get people to complete "free offers."

    But I imagine the business model won't hold up forever. Like Alladvantage, PorivoPeer and all the similar pay-you-to-surf companies that came and went, they work well and pay decent for those that get in early, for a while, but something breaks when they hit critical mass and they eventually fold.

    YMMV, close cover before striking and all that, but there's nothing to download/install -- just register, login, and look at the URL that refreshing every minute or so; the risk and hassle is very low (I'd bet some users here pay to do that already. :) )

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  5. Japan + Moon = by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Didn't I see this in some kind of anime once?

  6. Blah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I would like to be the first to claim the moon for myself. I will then proceed to liken it after my own image. Who says there isn't a man o the moon?