Russia Plans Its Own Moon Base

Posted by Zonk on Friday August 31, 2007 @07:39PM 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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But... by Tablizer · 2007-08-31 19:58 · Score: 5, Funny

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

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1. Re:But... by ScrewMaster · 2007-08-31 20:57 · 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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