Where the most of the space agencies of their attention have shifted to Mars, Japan plans to the moon to visit. In 2019, there should be an unmanned vehicle the countries with which Japan, if it succeeds the fourth country with such a performance.
The Japanese edition of The Wall Street Journal reported the plans for the unmanned moon. Next year should already be started with the preparations for the space trip, although the launch only in 2019 expected. The main goal of the plan seems to be prestige to be: a Japanese government-appointed commission for ruimtevaartzaken claims that the moon landing Japan back on the map when it comes to exploring the universe.
So will the Japanese space agency, to make an impression with a new computer with great precision itself must be able to drop on the surface. The Japanese developed technology, it is possible to within 100 meters of the planned place to land, something that other maanlanders do not have to know to perform. With great precision to be able to countries are special scanners designed that the surface of the moon to accurately measure. On the basis of which measures can possibly turns to be deployed to the landing.
The Japanese government wants the next time to use it to get feedback from the population about the proposed moon landing. Within a year’s time, the detailed plans are laid down.