또 미뤄진 내년 달 궤도선 발사...167억 증액 필요<br /><br />South Korea was set to launch a prototype orbiter to the moon in December 2020, but the ministry of science said Tuesday… that it will postpone the launch by about a year and a half to July 2022.<br />The delay, it said, is because the engineers have found that the orbiter, in its current design, would end up weighing about 130 kilograms more than they planned.<br />The committee in charge has therefore decided to adjust the spacecraft's orbit to save fuel.<br />So when the spacecraft gets to the moon, instead of a one-year circular orbit, it'll do nine months in an elipse... and three months in a circle.<br />A longer design period means an extra cost of about 13 million U.S. dollars.<br />This is the second time the Moon administration has delayed the launch.<br />
