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Russia Plans Its Own Moon Base

Posted by Zonk on from the with-blackjack-and-hookers dept.

Socguy writes "After being rebuffed by NASA, Russia now plans to build its own moon base by as early as 2027. The nation now plans to send a manned mission to the moon by 2025 and establish a permanent base shortly thereafter. 'According to our estimates, we will be ready for a manned flight to the moon in 2025,' Roskosmos chief Anatoly Perminov told state news agency RIA Novosti. A station that could be inhabited could be built there between 2027 and 2032, he said. While Russia will be refurbishing existing spacecraft, the U.S. is taking a different approach after the space station is finished and plans to scrap the space shuttle program in favour of a new kind of spaceship to be called Orion."

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  1. But... by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...do they have the technology to fake it as well as we did?

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    Table-ized A.I.
    1. Re:But... by ScrewMaster · · Score: 5, Funny

      ...do they have the technology to fake it as well as we did?

      I dunno ... I guess it depends upon what kind of export restrictions are on Photoshop.

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      The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
  2. Obligatory by Stormwatch · · Score: 4, Funny

    In Soviet Russia, all our base are belong to YOU!!

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  3. Re:We are not ready by VonSkippy · · Score: 3, Funny

    You must be new on this planet.

  4. Re:I saw Moonraker! by yaphadam097 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Since potatoes grow well with hydroponics, seems like they would make a good choice for moon food. It takes a lot of potatoes to make vodka (And it's not how the Russians prefer to do it... potato vodka is more of a Polish thing.)

    The real question is how much would a bottle of moon vodka go for if you could find a way to get it back to Earth?