Unmanned exploration vehicle on the moon ... Plan is delayed by two years Tokyo venture company August 22 16:21
A venture company in Tokyo, which is planning to send an unmanned exploration vehicle to the moon, will delay the plan by two years, with the arrival of the exploration vehicle on the moon in 2023 to change some designs. Revealed.
Tokyo venture company “ispace” took over the development plan of the unmanned lunar exploration vehicle and the lander that carries it, aiming to reach the first lunar surface in Japan under the team name “HAKUTO”. It was a plan to send it to the moon with a rocket of a private company.
The company held a press conference and announced that it would be 2023, two years later to send exploration vehicles to the moon. On the other hand, only landers carrying lunar exploration vehicles will land on the surface of the moon in the next year to check performance.
As a reason for the delay, there is a lunar exploration project that NASA is recruiting, and it is said that some designs will be reviewed to apply for this.
The team “HAKUTO” participated in an unmanned lunar exploration race sponsored by an American company, etc., and developed an exploration vehicle aiming to reach the first lunar surface in Japan, but both teams reached the moon by the deadline. The race was over as it was impossible.
“That ’s a solid development schedule,” said Takeshi Hamada, CEO of Ispace.