Japan plans to land a human on the moon by 2030

[Israel_B]

@beschizza

joining China in a new manned race to space.

Ugh. Waste of my tax money.

[Brainspore]

Meanwhile the US Federal government is still promising to bring back coal power.

[FGD135]

Steampunk Space Programme! With real steam from burning real coal!

[glenblank]

How about tidy up Fukushima before then? That would be a nicer thing to focus on.

Obligatory XKCD:

[FGD135]

@knoxblox

a 164,000-ton atomic lizard

Is that metric or not, and is it it’s weight on the Moon or on Earth?

[peterk]

Onyx Path has this covered.

[knoxblox]

Not sure. This is what Google served up:

[tspill]

He he. Hey Tim & Glen, I agree with you both. It wasn’t a binary choice … more like a suggestion. The clear sea-front image of the launch pad at Tanegashima made me think of Fukushima. I love how ordered and bright it looks. Yes, like a Godzilla movie set.

[hecep]

@TheGreatParis

I hope it goes better than last time.

Not if they run into these big-headed bastards!

[hecep]

Uhh…they did land there. Here’s the proof:

[TheGreatParis]

@knoxblox

The Japanese send their first manned mission to the moon, waking an eons old entity on the dark side.
The only way to prevent this evil from unleashing its havoc upon the earth is to send the most unusual payload to the moon to fight it…Godzilla.

Yes! I can see it now:

Transformers IX
Megatron vs. Godzilla

[hecep]

@TheGreatParis

Yes! I can see it now:

Transformers IX
Megatron vs. Godzilla

Don’t make it sound as if it couldn’t happen, now. Some whacked out side of my personality is holding on to hope.

[TheGreatParis]

@hecep

Don’t make it sound as if it couldn’t happen, now. Some whacked out side of my personality is holding on to hope.

I only hope Godzilla eats Michael Bay.

[hecep]