For as long as people have turned telescopes towards the moon, they have reported flashes, sudden fogs and colour changes.

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By diverting time and resources towards manned moon landings, the US government may have delayed useful exploitation of space by decades (a similar argument can be made against the original transcontinental railroad).

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Scientists think mercury atoms may "hop" across the surface of the Moon towards the poles, causing them to be concentrated in these regions.

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It sounds like something out of a movie, but that's what it came down to as Apollo 11 sped back towards Earth after landing on the moon in 1969.

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The next five years will also see China paving the way towards putting a human being on the Moon, making it only the second country to have done so.

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Dr. Moon would be there to perform an angiogram, where a catheter is threaded towards the heart and an image of a possible blockage is taken.

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So, instead of spending three hours in a single restaurant, I continue to roam, nibbling at glimpses of the moon between the pachinko parlours, the click-clack of high-heels down an alleyway towards Kiyamachi, the way the couples still sit at decorous intervals along the riverbank, formal as courtiers, even if talking of that wild night in Waikiki.

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