Japan's first lunar lander the 2018 fiscal year to launch policy.

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is Japan's first lunar lander to 2018 that 18 days was firm policy to launch in fiscal, it was found. At the prospect that space policy committee of the government to officially determined until the summer, the former Soviet Union, the United States, to challenge the soft landing of unmanned lunar spacecraft following the China. And landed with a high degree of accuracy in the target point, we aim to establish a technology that will help in the future of resource exploration.
According to the officials, in the experts meeting of the Sub-Committee and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports of space policy committee, which will be held on the 20th, JAXA is to explain the plan of lunar spacecraft "SLIM" (Slim).
Small rocket "epsilon" in Unit 5 Uchinoura Space Center to launch from (Kagoshima Prefecture). Development costs launch 10 billion to 15 billion yen about prospects, including the cost. Through the acknowledgment of space policy committee MEXT incorporate the related costs to budget request of the next fiscal year budget.
Landing point in each country of the month and planetary spacecraft, there was an error of one to several kilometers with respect to the target. Slim contrast, by applying a facial recognition technology of a digital camera by a method such as to recognize the position of the crater, and reduced the errors up to 100 meters, aiming to acquire accurately landed technique destination.
Moon landing by unmanned spacecraft, 1966 (1966) the former Soviet Union of the year and continued in the United States, China succeeded in 2013. India is also aiming to achieve within a few years. Japan is cited moon orbiter that was launched in 2007 "Kaguya" is a big achievement, lander had been waiting for as the next step.
 Japan has landed on the asteroid that there is gravity in spacecraft "Hayabusa" slightly in '17, gravity landing plan to relatively large celestial body with a fraction of the Earth for the first time. Also aim to accumulate technology for future Mars exploration.
Plans to send a rover to the moon in the United States of rocket to private teams second half of next year in Japan, but reaching the moon is dependent on the United States of lander.
I think it can be likely enough landing technically. Also I would be necessary to work out whether what to implement for the purpose clearly. I guess pretty difficult manned lunar landing.



宇宙航空研究開発機構（ＪＡＸＡ）が日本初の月面着陸機を平成３０年度に打ち上げる方針を固めたことが１８日、分かった。政府の宇宙政策委員会が夏までに正式決定する見通しで、旧ソ連、米国、中国に続く無人の月面探査機での軟着陸に挑む。目標地点に高い精度で降り立ち、将来の資源探査に役立つ技術の確立を目指す。
　関係者によると、２０日に開かれる宇宙政策委の小委員会と文部科学省の有識者会合で、ＪＡＸＡが月面探査機「ＳＬＩＭ」（スリム）の計画を説明する。
　小型ロケット「イプシロン」５号機で内之浦宇宙空間観測所（鹿児島県）から打ち上げる。開発費は打ち上げ費用を含め１００億～１５０億円程度の見通し。宇宙政策委の了承を経て文科省が来年度予算の概算要求に関連費用を盛り込む。
　各国の月・惑星探査機の着陸地点は、目標に対し１～数キロの誤差があった。これに対しスリムは、デジタルカメラの顔認識技術を応用してクレーターの位置を認識するなどの方法により、誤差を１００メートルまで縮め、目的地に正確に降り立つ技術の獲得を目指す。
　無人探査機による月面着陸は１９６６（昭和４１）年の旧ソ連と米国に続き、中国が２０１３年に成功。インドも数年以内の実現を目指している。日本は平成１９年に打ち上げた月周回機「かぐや」が大きな成果を挙げ、次のステップとして着陸機が待たれていた。
 日本は１７年に探査機「はやぶさ」がわずかに重力がある小惑星に着陸したが、重力が地球の数分の１と比較的大きい天体への着陸計画は初めて。将来の火星探査に向け技術を蓄積する狙いもある。
　日本の民間チームも来年後半に米国のロケットで月に探査車を送り込む計画だが、月面への到達は米国の着陸機に依存している。
　技術的には充分着陸できそうに思いますね。何を目的として実施するのかを明確に打ち出すことも必要でしょうね。有人月面着陸はかなり難しいんでしょうね。