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For: EFE
Tuesday, November 19
Japan wants to take its first astronaut to the moon this decade
Japan has set itself the goal of having its first astronaut to step on the Moon in the second half of the decade of 2020 , according to the latest revision of the Asian country’s space strategy, announced on Tuesday.
The revised schedule of the so-called “basic space plan” of the Japanese government includes for the first time a time frame for the landing of your astronauts on the Earth’s natural satellite.
Japan is one of the participants of the Artemis program , an international spaceflight program headed by United States and in which Europe, Brazil or Australia also participate , and that has as main objective the lunar exploration through a new space station that orbits the Moon.
Within the framework of the renewed strategy, collected by the NHK chain, the country contemplates an alliance of the public and private sectors to develop a vehicle to move astronauts across the lunar surface and to facilitate research to treat to establish a solar power generation system in outer space.
“In addition to being a frontier that gives people dreams and hope, space is also important from an economic perspective “, said the Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in a meeting with the heads of the division, held today on the occasion of the imminent closing of the year.
Kishida also spoke about putting into orbit for 2025 of a “constellation of satellites” to help quickly assess damage in case a natural disaster occurs in the archipelago, even at night.
News about the program esp Japanese acial are known days after the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) started last day 20 your first recruitment of new astronauts in 13 years. The process will be open until next March, the agency announced then.
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