Japan wants a robot moon base in 2025
By Matthew Deutsch · June 21, 2005 ·
Japan wants to build a base on the moon within 20 years by using more advanced versions of today’s humanoid robots (Honda Motor’s Asimo and Sony’s Qrio). “Japan’s lunar robots would do work such as building telescopes and prospecting and mining for minerals,” said Keiji Tachikawa, the president of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. I doubt they have the money for this, as PCWorld mentions JAXA’s annual space budget is only about $1.5 billion (one tenth of NASA’s), which may delay this project for a while.
