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America may have eighty-sixed its moon base ambitions, but the Japanese have no plans to let perfectly good lunar real estate go to waste. An ambitious $2.2 billion project in the works at JAXA, the Japanese space agency, plans to put humanoid robots on the moon by 2015, and now official backing from the Prime Minister's office says the Japanese could have an unmanned lunar base up and running by 2020.
Key to all of this, of course, is the robots themselves, and who better than the Japanese to dream up and realize the kind of intelligent, self-repairing, multitasking bots that will be needed to fulfill such a mission.
Japan Plans a Moon Base by 2020, Built by Robots for Robots | Popular Science
So, while we are going to spend years messing around, trying to get to mars, Japan is going for a far more practical goal. If we won't do it, it looks like someone else is perfectly happy to.
Not really sure what is practical about an unmanned moon base. But it will be awesome anyway!
if successful, japan could own the world's energy cartel in the future
Japan's economy will be in the gutter by 2015 with the way things are going. This smells like a cozy distraction for the drooling masses.
I'm fine with trying to get back to a good economy and good foreign relationships. We'll worry about outer space related endeavors after the unemployment isn't around 10%.
the moon contains ten times more energy in the form of helium-3 than all the fossil fuels on the earth
and the major industrial nation more dependent on imports of energy sources than the USA is japan
25 tons would satisfy America's annual energy needs
it would not surprise me if the japanese are embarking on an He-3 mining venture
if successful, japan could own the world's energy cartel in the future
the moon contains ten times more energy in the form of helium-3 than all the fossil fuels on the earth
and the major industrial nation more dependent on imports of energy sources than the USA is japan
25 tons would satisfy America's annual energy needs
it would not surprise me if the japanese are embarking on an He-3 mining venture
if successful, japan could own the world's energy cartel in the future
the moon contains ten times more energy in the form of helium-3 than all the fossil fuels on the earth
and the major industrial nation more dependent on imports of energy sources than the USA is japan
25 tons would satisfy America's annual energy needs
it would not surprise me if the japanese are embarking on an He-3 mining venture
if successful, japan could own the world's energy cartel in the future
July, 2021 - Japanese Robots email earth The Declaration of Robot Independence ...
August 2021 - All communications with Robot moon base cease...
October 2021 - Robots reported to be building a weapon based on the Uranium P32 Space Modulator from the Warners Bros. Cartoons.
December 2021 - Earth Destroyed by Robot weapon.
It would also put us in more debt.
And thanks to the media that is what people think happened. (terminator and many other sci-fi's) But in reality the king of robots would be still a man wizard behind the curtain with a non human face to scapegoat blame to so that the heart of evil aways gets healed by beastly trickery. Oh wait that is real life today. Just with human robots.July, 2021 - Japanese Robots email earth The Declaration of Robot Independence ...
August 2021 - All communications with Robot moon base cease...
October 2021 - Robots reported to be building a weapon based on the Uranium P32 Space Modulator from the Warners Bros. Cartoons.
December 2021 - Earth Destroyed by Robot weapon.
And thanks to the media that is what people think happened. (terminator and many other sci-fi's) But in reality the king of robots would be still a man wizard behind the curtain with a non human face to scapegoat blame to so that the heart of evil aways gets healed by beastly trickery. Oh wait that is real life today. Just with human robots.
On a serious note. I was disappointed when the current administrations cut funding for lunar missions. I am glad that someone may continue with exploration of our solar system.
July, 2021 - Japanese Robots email earth The Declaration of Robot Independence ...
August 2021 - All communications with Robot moon base cease...
October 2021 - Robots reported to be building a weapon based on the Uranium P32 Space Modulator from the Warners Bros. Cartoons.
December 2021 - Earth Destroyed by Robot weapon.
the moon contains ten times more energy in the form of helium-3 than all the fossil fuels on the earth
and the major industrial nation more dependent on imports of energy sources than the USA is japan
25 tons would satisfy America's annual energy needs
it would not surprise me if the japanese are embarking on an He-3 mining venture
if successful, japan could own the world's energy cartel in the future
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