North Korea plans to conquer the Moon in 10-year's time

North Korea has plans to conquer the Moon and plant its flag on its surface within 10 years. This has been announced by a director of the country's version of NASA. He has added that international sanctions will not come in the way of its putting more advanced satellites into orbit over the next five years.
North Korea leader Kim Jong Un has ordered his scientists to launch more Earth observation satellites and, in what would be a significant advance, the country's first geostationary communications satellite.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 4 August 2016.

It seems a scientist at North Korea's National Aerospace Development Administration, has intimated to a section of the media that even though the US and its allies are trying to block NK's space development, its aerospace scientists will overcome the hurdle, conquer space and definitely plant the flag of the DPRK on the Moon.
He has also added that North Korean intends "to do manned spaceflight and scientific experiments in space, make a flight to the moon and moon exploration and also exploration to other planets".
The launching of more Earth observation satellites and, the country's first geostationary communications satellite would pave the way for the flight to the moon with a time-frame of 10 years.


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