Nexterday News

Houston, TX (NDNS) — Exactly fifty years ago, today, Neil Armstrong spoke those immortal words, “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” And, then he became the first man to step on the moon. Today, “man” returns to the moon in the form of a Japanese robot named, Mangetsu-Jinzouninge, which in English translates to, Full Moon Robot. This effort put forward by the Japanese company Toyota and American rocket and coffee manufacturer Lockheed-Martin-Starbucks enables them to claim the Google Lunar X-Prize of $30 Million. This allows those two companies to split the winnings to help recoup the enormous expense of privately sending something to the moon. The estimated cost is around half of a million to a billion dollars.

As to why these companies put so much money into an endeavor that has had very little return, the head of Toyota, Biru Noroshi said, “Nimo, itto genni ikasu, isasaka hoka kaishaku en ni-do?”

The American sponsor, Lockheed-Martin-Starbucks Chairman Bill Davies, didn’t understand what Biru Noroshi said but added, “Well, I don’t understand what Mr. Noroshi said, but I’d like to add that I’m very excited that our amazing rocket technology coupled with cool Japanese robots can help us return to the Moon.”

The robot, Mangetsu-Jinzouning, will tomorrow plant his master’s corporate flags and build the first ever lunar Starbucks with material from the Moon itself. This can be seen live at Noon on some television networks.

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