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North Korea is aiming to send an unmanned mission to plant a flag on the moon within the next 10 years
“Even though the US and its allies try to block our space development, our aerospace scientists will conquer space and definitely plant the flag of the DPRK on the moon,” Hyon Kwang Il, director of the scientific research department of North Korea's National Aerospace Development Administration told AP.
“We are planning to develop the Earth observation satellites and to solve communications problems by developing geostationary satellites. All of this work will be the basis for the flight to the moon,” hopefully “within 10 years’ time,” Hyon said.
In addition, Korea also expects “to do manned spaceflight and scientific experiments in space, make a flight to the moon and moon exploration and also exploration to other planets.”
originally posted by: seagull
More power to 'em. Though I would think feeding your citizens would come before that...
Priorities.
originally posted by: Tjoran
I like to think that if they work towards something like that their country will get better as a side effect. So I'm all for it! Plus, anyone dedicating time for space exploration is ok with me.
originally posted by: Cobaltic1978
originally posted by: Tjoran
I like to think that if they work towards something like that their country will get better as a side effect. So I'm all for it! Plus, anyone dedicating time for space exploration is ok with me.
Yes, even a maniacal Despot.
He must be a top guy if he is willing to spend billions at the expense of starving citizens.