Japan plans to build a base on the Moon

The Japan Space Exploration Agency (JAXA) hopes to build a base on the Lunar Moon in 2030. Experts estimate the cost for this plan will be up to $ 30 billion.

The polarity of the Moon is the most visible place of Earth (Photo: spaceinfo.jaxa) According to the plan revealed this week at an international conference in Tokyo, Japan will start launching a satellite into orbit of The moon was in 2007, followed by an unmanned space ship on the planet to collect samples.

Later, Japanese astronauts will be taken to the Moon by 2020, according to Junichiro Kawaguchi, head of the Moon and planets exploration program. These astronauts will then start building a base that JAXA hopes to complete within less than 10 years.

Satoki Kurokawa, a spokesman for JAXA, expressed confidence in the project: 'The project's feasibility is not clear at this time because we need the support of the Japanese government and people, but I believe this will be done in the next few decades'.

In addition to Japan, there are many countries that are " trying to conquer the Moon": the US Space Agency hopes to bring astronauts back to the Moon in 2015, thereby supporting the mission. driver on Mars; Sweden is also trying to conquer the Moon with a self-reliant base with symbiotic relations with the Earth; The Chinese space agency - after the success of recent human flight - also plans to take a walk to the Moon by 2024.

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