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Russia Wants To Make The Moon Great Again

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
November 28, 2016
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Russia Wants To Make The Moon Great Again

Russia is developing a mega-rocket that will transport supplies to build a base on the MOON, Deputy PM reveals, Daily Mail
“Russia is developing a mega-rocket that will transport supplies to build a base on the moon, the country’s Deputy Prime Minister has revealed. President Vladimir Putin wants work to begin on the new ‘super-heavy’ rocket which will ‘pave the way’ for a lunar research station. It will enable the construction of a Russian base that will be both ‘visitable and inhabitable’, according to Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. … In 2029, a new spacecraft named Federation will fly to the moon’s orbit, he added. ‘In the 2030s, we set the task of a manned flight to the moon and in 2031 we plan landing on the moon,’ Mr Solntsev told TASS. Russia is inviting Esa and Nasa to jointly develop a module for landing on the moon, Mr Solntsev said.”

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9 responses to “Russia Wants To Make The Moon Great Again”

  1. Matthew Black says:
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    12 Cosmonauts on the moon!! Show me the money, Vladimir…

  2. TheBrett says:
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    Knock yourself out, Russia. Somebody should be competing with the Chinese to get a base on the Moon, at any rate.

    • Daniel Woodard says:
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      China is not in a race. If Trump’s US and Putin’s USSR (sorry, Russia) want to have a race, that’s fine with them. But it’s not easy to see where Russia would get the funds for such a massive new program.

  3. Odyssey2020 says:
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    This is funny, Putin talks big by saying they’re going to land humans on the moon in the 2030’s..just like NASA and Charlie Bolden talking big by saying the U.S. is going to land humans on Mars in the 2030’s.

    Neither is going to happen and it’s very convenient for both of them to not be held accountable in 2030/2035/2040 for their hollow words. If they’re still around then they will just point fingers away from themselves anyway.

    • Jon-Scott Taylor says:
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      I couldn’t agree more its easy to say you are gonna do something 15 – 20 years down the road when in reality administrations come and go. There is no way to hold them accountable because they arent in charge anymore. Its like SLS/Orion woefully over budget and the first test launch has been moved 3 times I think.

      • fcrary says:
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        Russian administrations don’t come and go that fast, and it isn’t clear how accountable the current one is. But Mr Putin’s policies and priorities may vary more rapidly, especially over issues which aren’t at the top of his list. So I guess I agree with your basic point.

  4. capoglou says:
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    what’s the source for this daily mail article though?

  5. Shaw_Bob says:
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    The Daily Fail is a UK tabloid ‘newspaper’ which is notorious for posting wholly made-up (or, at best, wildly inaccurate) scare stories and tittle-tattle. Russia is notorious for grandiose claims (with supporting PowerPoint presentations) about space exploration. The alleged source and the place where the story has been published seem to be made for each other. Russia is going nowhere in space, except where other people offer funding, as Russia is broke and likely to stay that way. I’m sure the .PPT is entertaining, however!

  6. just me says:
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    “…begin work on super-heavy rocket…”

    Every year several times…