Robots up to no good on the moon. ::via JAXA::
It’s official – robots will have a base of operations on the moon in which they will have the ability attack all of humankind. Japan is planning on sending a robot to the moon in 2015 to do scientific research and video recording. This seems innocent enough, but if everything goes according to plan that same robot will begin building a base on the moon for other robots by 2020. Giving robots a quiet place to plan their domination of Earth away from the prying eyes of humans is a terrible idea, and here are some reasons why. Some of them don’t even involve robots. Thats how serious this could become.
It's on a t-shirt, so that means it's true - right?
Lets say you have a piece of really complicated but incredibly useful new technology, like an ion engine for instance. Once you realize the tremendous possibilities for your new tech, not even the sky is the limit. During testing, you discover that your awesome ion engine happens to damage itself during use and will wear out after 3 years. Now what do you do? How can you take this exciting new technology and already make drastic improvements to it? Darwin has the answer.
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After being announced in June, the Japanese government (more specifically a Japanese space agency/non-profit organization USEF - Institute for Unmanned Space Experiment Free Flyer) has confirmed their plans to build a solar-power power plant in space. USEF has named the project Space Solar Power System or SSPS. The project has an estimated cost of $21 billion, but with the scope and time frame of this project being so large, the end cost is sure to be much higher. Luckily, two giants of Japanese industry, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and IHI Corporation, have agreed to join the project and help fund it.
The plan for the orbiting power plant is to power 300,000 homes in Japan. That doesn’t seem like very many homes for such an incredibly expensive project, but if the project is a success the commercial applications will change the landscape of power generation forever.
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