Report: South Korea Aiming for Moon By 2020

Some interesting news out of the 60th International Astronautical Congress in Daejeon:

South Korea is considering joining international programs aimed at exploring the moon, as part of efforts to build up the country’s space development capabilities, President Lee Myung-bak said Monday.

“Many countries are strengthening collaboration on large-scale space development programs, including one to explore the moon. The administration is also seeking to join such efforts,” Lee said in a speech marking the opening of the 60th International Astronautical Congress…

According to the government’s space development roadmap, Korea will send an unmanned probe to orbit the moon by 2020 and land another on its surface in 2025.

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