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NASA signs agreement with Japan on lunar exploration - SpaceNews:
NASA has signed an agreement with the Japanese government that brings the agencies closer to finalizing Japan's roles in the Artemis program.
The agreement, called a Joint Exploration Declaration of Intent, was signed late July 9 in a virtual meeting between NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, in the United States, and Koichi Hagiuda, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in the Japanese government, in Japan.
"Today's signing of this declaration of intent builds on the long history of successful cooperation between the U.S. and Japan in space," Bridenstine said in a brief statement about the agreement. "We appreciate Japan's strong support for Artemis and look forward to extending the robust partnership that we have enjoyed on the International Space Station to cislunar space, the lunar surface, and beyond."
Neither government released the text of the declaration, but they described the document as outlining roles for Japan in both human and robotic exploration. That would include contributions to the lunar Gateway and lunar surface exploration.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 14 2020, @06:42PM (1 child)
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(Score: 2) by coolgopher on Wednesday July 15 2020, @01:33AM
Clearly there are geeks in these departments - the acronym for Joint Exploration Declaration of Intent is far geekier than that of a Memorandum of Understanding.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday July 14 2020, @07:04PM (5 children)
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Kick those alcoholic has-beens to the curb, let them attach themselves to the Chinese program.
This partnership aligns well with a Japanese goal to put a man on the Moon by 2030 [soylentnews.org].
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(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday July 14 2020, @07:15PM
Space leeches? Jesus H. We only thought Covid was bad!
“I have become friends with many school shooters” - Tampon Tim Walz
(Score: 2) by jelizondo on Tuesday July 14 2020, @09:31PM (3 children)
You know what they say, an alcoholic is one who drinks more than you!
Anyway, you should be grateful for almost a decade of U.S. astronauts getting to space on Russian rockets [wired.com]. Of course, the world now knows that the U.S. does not have partners, only interests.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday July 14 2020, @09:49PM (2 children)
No, I don't have to be grateful. They got something called "money" in exchange for launching astronauts to the ISS, and they demanded more of it as time went on, and threatened to cut off cooperation over Crimea [vox.com] and other diplomatic spats.
We used the ISS program to prop up the Russian state space industry post-Soviet Union in order to keep their engineers from wandering around and building missiles for North Korea, Iran, etc. Now it's time to kick their asses to the curb. If they can have a fruitful collaboration with China, good for them.
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(Score: 3, Touché) by jelizondo on Tuesday July 14 2020, @10:34PM (1 child)
So what prevents current Russian engineers going to North Korea, Iran, etc. and building missiles, nuclear ones at that? Or does the U.S. doesn't care anymore if those guys get nukes?
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday July 14 2020, @10:58PM
Russia is more stable than it was in the early 90s. Not looking too great, especially with COVID and an aging population, but not as crazy and lawless.
Israel periodically offs scientists/engineers in Iran, and Iran's program also experiences mysterious problems [theguardian.com] that could be inflicted by the U.S. or Israel.
North Korea has nukes, missiles, and can probably combine the two by now. China should be worrying about it more than the U.S.
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(Score: 2) by jelizondo on Tuesday July 14 2020, @09:24PM (1 child)
So, secret intentions regarding the Moon?
Why should such an agreement not be public, particularly when it does not seem to concern military secrets? Or does it?
(Score: 2, Insightful) by PaperNoodle on Tuesday July 14 2020, @09:39PM
It has to be secret. Gotta keep aliens/obelisk/nazis/god/edge of universe/flat earth/3 legged dogs/911 inside job/JFK assassination/vaccine autism/fake moon landing recording studio on the moon/lizard people/illuminati a secret.
The world isn't ready for those kind of truth bombs.
B3