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| Japan Space Plan May Include Manned Moon Base |
| 2005-02-28 |
| Japan's space agency is drawing up plans that could include manned space flights and a manned research base on the moon, a newspaper said on Monday. Japan took a step toward restoring faith in its space program on Saturday when it put a satellite in orbit, 15 months after its previous attempt ended in humiliating failure when the rocket had to be blown up shortly after launch. That failure was particularly painful because it came shortly after China successfully put a man into space -- a move that Japan said at the time it had no plans to emulate. The daily Mainichi Shimbun said on Monday a draft long-term plan being drawn up by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) includes developing a vehicle similar to the U.S. space shuttle by 2025. Around the same time, it hopes to start constructing a research base on the moon, the paper said. Other plans include using satellites to send information on disasters such as tsunami directly to mobile phones, it said. ... |
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| #11 tu3031 : You are CLOSER than you know! (Godzilla #12-13) - Godzilla was then beamed to the moon by an alien race, the Betans, who were seeking allies to help them against the Warlords... Godzilla's Travels |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-02-28 5:37:03 PM |
| #10 I can see it now, "Godzilla Vs. The Moon Monster"... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-02-28 2:47:47 PM |
| #9 India, Japan and China have all made some kind of murmors about going to the moon. I'd love to see a four way space race, especially if it left enough equipment/infrastructure behind to leverage our way to Mars. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2005-02-28 2:45:03 PM |
| #8 Go! Go! Rocket! |
| Posted by: gromky 2005-02-28 1:38:05 PM |
| #7 Go Go! Rocket! |
| Posted by: gromky 2005-02-28 1:37:26 PM |
| #6 And there will be a golf course, oh yes. |
| Posted by: BH 2005-02-28 1:28:05 PM |
| #5 wonder how the Moon God feels about that. Maybe the Arab Space Program© could...oh...nevermind |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-02-28 11:34:56 AM |
#4  Was that SAILOR MOON? |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-02-28 11:24:19 AM |
| #3 ...I think I saw this movie on MST3K once..."Prince of Space", wasn't it? Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2005-02-28 7:29:42 AM |
| #2 *Warning! Beware of vehicles which unite to form giant robots!* |
| Posted by: Charles 2005-02-28 7:20:26 AM |
| #1 A moon base and giant robots? |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2005-02-28 6:51:42 AM |