Japan Ready to Abandon Lunar Mission
Japan recommends scrapping moon mission, AP
“Japan’s space agency has recommended scrapping its first moon mission after more than a decade of delays, a spokeswoman said Monday, in the latest blow to the country’s beleaguered space program. The Lunar-A probe was envisioned as planting two seismic sensors on the lunar surface to gather information about the moon’s core and learn more about the origins of the Earth’s only natural satellite.”
