The ambitions of the South Korean space continue to grow.
Country wants to build a Sand on the moon By 2025, the Korea Times reported on Thursday (July 17), Citing a long-term exploration road map that the Korea Aerospace Administration (Kasa) Laid out that same day during a hearing at the National Research Foundation of Korea in Daejeon.
Map of the road “plotting five core missions, including Low orbit of the ground and Exploration Microgravevity, Lunar Exploration, and Solar and Spience Science Space, ” Korea Times writes.
Therefore, established Last yearRefers to develop landing landing landing and roving technology, as well as the ability to take and enjoy the moon resources such as ice ice like ice.
Some of this work has been started. For example, the Korea Institute of Geoscience and mineral resources recently deployed prototype lunar rovers In an abandoned coal mineTech test that can be used for space mining space.
And South Korea has some experience in and around the moon. On August 2022, the country was launched the first monthly review – called Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter or Danuri – roof a Excoke Falcon 9 rocket. Danuri reached the lunar orbit four months later and still continued, studying the moon in the suite of instruments.
South Korea has been referred to for the lunar face; Officers say they want to place a robotic lander in the month of 2032. But the newly revealed road map hits the ante. Country plans to develop a new, much better moon lander in 2040, “with the intention of building a lunar economic base in 2045,” letter to Korea
South Korea is not the only country with mountain ambitions of the month. The United States also plans to build one or more lunar outposts in the next decade or so, by NASA’s Artemis Program. The china Working on purpose tooIn association with Russia and other countries. And India says it wants to build a base of the month at 2047.
The moon is not only at the distant destination of Kasa, on the road; The agency also wants to take the first part of South Korea Mars landing at 2045.
