South Korean Manned Mission?

[pberrett]

Hi all<br /><br />I saw this article today and wondered whether they meant that South Korea wanted to land a man on the moon or just send a robot?<br /><br />cheers Peter<br /><br />http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSSEO24596320071120<br /><br />South Korea eyes moon orbiter in 2020, landing 2025<br />Tue Nov 20, 2007 4:34am EST<br /> <br /><br /><br />SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea plans to launch a lunar probe in 2020 and make a moon landing by 2025 under a new space project that will develop indigenous rockets to put satellites into orbit, the Science Ministry said on Tuesday.<br /><br />The lunar probe program will be based on a rocket South Korea is developing at a cost of 3.6 trillion won ($3.9 billion) in the next decade.<br /><br />South Korea is behind regional powers Japan and China in the space race.<br /><br />China became only the third country to launch a man into space on its own rocket in 2003 and put its first lunar probe into orbit in early November.<br /><br />Japan's first lunar probe began orbiting the moon in October, four years behind schedule due to technical glitches.<br /><br />(Reporting by Jack Kim; editing by Jon Herskovitz)<br /><br />($1=925.0 Won)

 

[bpfeifer]

They are talking about an unmanned probe.<br /><br />S. Korea is planning to send an astronaut to the ISS next year aboard a Soyuz flight, but they aren't talking about building their own manned spacecraft yet. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Brian J. Pfeifer http://sabletower.wordpress.com<br /> The Dogsoldier Codex http://www.lulu.com/sabletower<br /> </div>

 

[qso1]

Unmanned. They don't have anywhere near a big enough rocket at this time, or within the specified timeframe to send humans to the moon unless they are embarking on one heck of a crash program. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><strong>My borrowed quote for the time being:</strong></p><p><em>There are three kinds of people in life. Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen...and those who do not know what happened.</em></p> </div>

 

[alokmohan]

They want to compete China.Any way China is more likely candidate.

 

[scottb50]

I shudder to think they will use an LG developed vehicle. My LG Chocolate has been a disaster, third one in less then a year. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>