Japan may fly to the moon by 2025 (4)

1 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU 2005-02-28 22:34 ID:8/0JDgmO

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7751886
"Japan's space agency is drawing up plans that could include manned space flights and a manned research base on the moon,"
"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,"

2 Name: !WAHa.06x36 2005-03-01 11:49 ID:UaMXUgXW

So they're going to enter lunar orbit then?

[crickets]

3 Name: Unverified Source 2005-03-01 20:43 ID:yrCj/h/p

When I read that headline I got a mental image of the entire island of Japan transforming into a giant robot and flying to the moon directly.

4 Name: Ichigo Pie!5ouPkmz/WI 2005-03-02 18:19 ID:2SvIT0gq

I'm worried... the last time they tried going to the moon, they ended up in Plutonian orbit.

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