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Japanese Agency Plan for Robot Lunar Base

Posted by Hemos on from the optimistic-futur dept.

Dilaudid writes "According to these articles Keiji Tachikawa, head of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency sees a major role in the lunar base planned by NASA in 2020. 'As part of the plan Japan would use advanced robotic technologies to help build the moon base ... Japan's lunar robots would do work such as building telescopes and prospecting and mining for minerals, Tachikawa said.' Tachikawa was voted one of the 25 most influential global leaders by Time... I wish him luck!"

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  1. US cooperation?? by lecithin · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Tachikawa's plan follows a January 2004 decision by U.S. President George W. Bush that the U.S., with the assistance of partners including Japan, should build a lunar base by about 2020 and use it as a staging point for the human exploration of Mars."

    Does this mean that the US and Japan will be working together on this?

    This quote actually fits!!!

    "All your base are belong to U.S.!"

    "Tachikawa was voted one of the 25 most influential global leaders by Time..."

    So was Oprah. (same year) For some reason this does not give me the warm fuzzies. Did Tachikawa have a talk show or something?

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  2. Bad idea... by Saeed+al-Sahaf · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can just see giant problems here. First you position all your supplies to build a moon base, and then you unleash semi-autonomous robots to build it. What happens next is nothing less than the total destruction of human life on Earth, after the robots build their moon base, slowly becoming self aware, and then deciding that all our bases are belonging to them. This is a BAD idea.

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  3. Re:Theories (asinine) by Dancin_Santa · · Score: 5, Funny

    explain why Japan still kills hundreds of whales every year.

    They are delicious.

  4. Transcript from the NASA Archives by williamhooligan · · Score: 4, Funny
    NASA PR EXECUTIVE: We've just had word that some foreign guy Time voted 13th Most Influential Global Leader back in 2001 wants a major role in the development of the space station.

    NASA PROJECT MANAGER: Oh, for the love of God... where do you find these people? Alright, give him a desk next to Dave Chapelle and that politician guy who reckons he invented the internet. Tell him not to touch anything. And tell Lucas over on Token Consultant Desk #371 that he can stick his turbolaser suggestion up his ass.