Japan aims for Moon base by 2030
Japan's space agency has set a goal of constructing a crewed lunar base by 2030, an official said on Wednesday.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) revealed its ambition to an international conference in Tokyo this week but has not yet been allotted the budget for the ambitious project.
JAXA hopes to launch a satellite into lunar orbit in 2007, followed by uncrewed spacecraft that will land on the Moon and collect lunar rock samples.
Under the plan, astronauts will be sent to the Moon around 2020 to start construction of...
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