TOKYO -- In a rented office near Tokyo Tower, engineers toil away in a clean room, developing what look like small remote-controlled buggies. In a couple of years, the contraptions could wind up more than 350,000 km away, on the moon.
Takeshi Hakamada, the founder of ispace and an avid Star Wars fan, dislikes flying but aims to send landers and rovers to the moon. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)
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