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North Korea's Kim Jong-un Aims for the Moon ( Source- The Diplomat / Author- John Power)

Image credits- Wikimedia Commons / NASA Source- The Diplomat Author- John Power North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has set himself a challenge that’s out of this world: planting his country’s flag on the moon within a decade. Pyongyang’s answer to NASA is engrossed in a five-year plan to put more sophisticated satellites into orbit by 2020, and the experience will inform a lunar mission within the next 10 years. That’s according to an interview with a senior official at the National Aerospace Development Administration (NADA), published by the Associated Press on Thursday............. ( Read on )