On Friday, Japan's first lunar spacecraft entered orbit around the moon. The orbiter, Kaguya, has two baby satellites used for various moon recon missions; the first satellite was released on Tuesday to go measure the magnetic field and gravitational field on the far side of the moon.
Japan has also announced its plan to launch a moon lander with a rover with robotic arms. The USA, China, India, and Japan are all out to explore the moon and hopefully have permanent bases there, but the countries are not working together in any significant form. The USA continues to plan its moonbase, and Chine and India continue to try to get to the moon.
How this ties into Mars is, will it take the cooperation of these countries, who can all get to the moon on their own, to get to Mars?
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