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Japan Plans New Moon Base
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Mico replied on Tue Mar 1, 2005 @ 3:18pm |
 Coolness: 151385 | Japan aims for moon base by 2025
Last Updated Mon, 28 Feb 2005 16:45:59 EST CBC News TOKYO - On the heels of its successful rocket launch on the weekend, Japan announced plans to send people to a station on the moon by 2025. "We will include [the lunar station] as one of the future goals in our new long-term vision, which we are going to submit with the government's Space Activity Commission by the end of March," an official with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency told Agence France-Presse on Monday. Japan's H-2A rocket lifts off at Tanegashima Space Centre, Saturday. (AP photo) Japan's space agency, or JAXA, also aims to set up a satellite system to transmit alerts for disasters like earthquakes or tsunamis. Satellites would send information to cellphones on Earth, added the official, who asked not to be named. The official was responding to a news story in Monday's edition of the Japanese daily Mainichi Shimbun, which reported JAXA is drafting a long-term plan to develop vehicles like NASA's space shuttles by 2025. Japan's space plans call for robots to explore the moon by 2015. Within two decades, technology could allow humans to stay on a solar-powered lunar research base for extended periods. The international space industry doubts Japan will become a major player at launching commercial satellites, but its technology could contribute to regional tsunami warnings. On Saturday, a rocket designed and built by the Japanese successfully placed a satellite into orbit. The $155 million US satellite will assist weather forecasts and aircraft navigation. In 1972, Japan became the fourth country to launch a satellite. Aside from its lunar mission, the country aims to be the first to collect and retrieve samples from an asteroid. In November 2003, one of Japan's H-2A rockets exploded in midair, temporarily grounding its space plans until the technical problem was fixed. The setback came one month after China successfully launched its first astronaut into orbit. Japan's $2.5 billion US space budget can afford one or two launches per year. Although Japanese space officials say they are not in a space race with China, a government panel recommended studying the possibility of establishing a manned space program. A perceived nuclear threat from communist North Korea may also be contributing to Japan's space activity. In a break from its peaceful space policy, Japan began launching spy satellites in 2003. [ sympatico.msn.cbc.ca ] |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» earthyspirit replied on Wed Mar 2, 2005 @ 1:04am |
 Coolness: 230600 | lol a bullet list with no bullets looks strange.. especially with photo references that aint linked up. If yer gonna quote other peoples shit, take the time to clean it up for us.. summerize and provide a link.. :P |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Mico replied on Thu Mar 3, 2005 @ 11:00pm |
| Coolness: 151385 | how about no.
I thought it was a interesting article, and felt the need to post the it on the site. And if i'm not mistaken, there's a linke just above your post. You can see all your pretty pictures there!!! DICK. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» earthyspirit replied on Thu Mar 3, 2005 @ 11:11pm |
| Coolness: 230600 | mwa hahahah. talk to the hand. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Mico replied on Fri Mar 4, 2005 @ 11:20pm |
| Coolness: 151385 | No!!
Talk to my hand! JerkFACE! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» earthyspirit replied on Fri Mar 4, 2005 @ 11:28pm |
| Coolness: 230600 | jerkFACE??, thats about as intelligent as your avatar. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» earthyspirit replied on Fri Mar 4, 2005 @ 11:32pm |
| Coolness: 230600 | point is, you're bored, you lack attention so you steal content from somewhere else to make yourself look good here, as-if you're Mr. Newcaster.. get a hobby. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Mico replied on Sat Mar 5, 2005 @ 12:17am |
| Coolness: 151385 | Wow... I never would have thought somebody who has no idea who I am could make such a concrete analysis of me.
Well done. *applaudes* |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Mico replied on Sat Mar 5, 2005 @ 12:31am |
| Coolness: 151385 | And another thing, that comment about my avatar really hurt.
I mean, it really got to me... Like right here *points to heart* Honestly, I should have know better than to use an avatar as stupid as my favourite cartoon! Maybe I should follow your lead, and steal a picutre from a really popular movie and pretend i'm some type of intellect that knows something about samurai culture. Then top it off with some relativly "deep quote" that doesn't personify me in the least. But who am I to judge you? I don't even know who the fuck you are. But after your last comment, I don't even want to know. Nice to meet you. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» earthyspirit replied on Sat Mar 5, 2005 @ 3:21pm |
| Coolness: 230600 | mwahahaha well posting news about lunar moon bases on a site about rave partying..I'm sure you're Mr. multitalented but get bent, and go find a place where news theives are welcomed.
.. I'll give you about 3 seconds to transform, a day to learn who Katsumoto is and what purpose he has as my avatar, and then 3 more seconds to reply in your nice decepticon manner since you've obviously got an overly inflated sense of self importance.. but what do you know? If you wanna read the news, fine. If you wanna write the news fine. If you wanna steal the news fine. Cut out newspaper articles and glue them to your forehead and walk around at tim hortons or Toys are us and try to force the children and coffee drinkers to read your mind. I come to [ rave.ca ] to learn about events, music, parties, clubs, artists, musicians, and the local people.. If i WANTED to learn that Japan was puttin a lunar base on your ass cheek or that your father the pope of transformerdumb is dieing because he hasnt enough energon I'll go to [ mtv.com ] or [ yourdumbasssite.net ] Nice to meet you too (narf!) |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» earthyspirit replied on Sat Mar 5, 2005 @ 4:06pm |
| Coolness: 230600 | hey sorry dude, i just felt like argueing last night hehe |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Mico replied on Sun Mar 6, 2005 @ 10:38pm |
| Coolness: 151385 | Ouch.
Funny, but ouch. Can we call this quits? |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Mico replied on Sun Mar 6, 2005 @ 10:42pm |
| Coolness: 151385 | Actually, despite how sensitve I can get. I have to say that was a pretty fucking funny and well written post. I've never felt so good being shut down.
DAMN YOU! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» earthyspirit replied on Mon Mar 7, 2005 @ 12:24am |
| Coolness: 230600 | Cheers, was fun.. reading that made me laugh at myself hahaha |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Dynamic_Uno replied on Mon Mar 28, 2005 @ 3:08pm |
 Coolness: 36255 | Katsumoto is the rebel leader from "The Last Samurai," and it is his quotes that follow your posts.
I'm not really smart or anything though, I just happened to watch that movie a few days ago :D Anyway, it's extremely encouraging to see that at least one nation is looking forward to asteroid resource harvesting and lunar exploitation... my own government appears to have abandoned space exploration and exploitation entirely, in favour of preserving the status quo (read: oil trade) |
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