Lunar-A looks like their most advanced "current project" (purely based
on the layout of their website, not the sci/tech of the project):
http://www.jaxa.jp/jda/brochure/img/04/lunar_a.pdf
Under the heading of "future moon exploration", this is their most
concrete plan I managed to find:
http://moon.jaxa.jp/ja/future/selene-b/pamphlet_lowres.pdf
JAXA's website exposes less details (esp. in English) than NASA but a
bit more than China's CNSA. Space news out of the left wing
newspapers in HK are coming fast and furious. On one hand, there was
the failure of a very expensive telecom satellite. On the other,
there's talk of a Chinese lunar base and a Chinese space shuttle. But
the official info from the government itself is much more sober:
Chinese: http://www.gov.cn/zwgk/2006-10/12/content_410824.htm
English: http://www.cnsa.gov.cn/n615709/n620682/n639462/79381.html
Notice the Moon was the tenth out of twelve goals, behind such mundane
items as improving the lifespan and capacity of telecom satellites.
BlazeEagle wrote:
Do the Japanese have any particular goals for this Lunar Base or is just
to prove that this is possible?
Ahhh we just had a big discussion on space programmes, this doesn't
bring anything new to the discussion, I think.
Those robots are cool!
They remind me of (1) Honda's ASIMO robot, and (2) Issac Asimov's book
covers from 1960s.
--
Dr. Core
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