Japanese government plans $2 billion robot moon base by 2020

[sebastian]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20006075-1.html?tag=reddit2

[melling]

That sounds relatively inexpensive. An average Shuttle mission costs almost $500 million. Investing in robot R&D and making space exploration cheaper seems like a no brainer. The US govt needs to convince the public that this is the sexy solution.