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Russia To Build an Orbital Construction Plant

Posted by kdawson on from the all-watched-over-by-machines-of-loving-grace dept.

jamax writes "Russia plans to build an orbital plant for the production of spacecraft (link to sketchy Google translation of the Russian original) that are too big to build planetside, or are just too bulky to fire into orbit once built. Presumably these are the ships we would fly to the Moon and Mars. Plans seem to be rather sparse at the moment, with the tentative construction date set for 2020, after the ISS is scheduled for decommissioning."

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  1. makes sense by MassiveForces · · Score: 5, Funny

    they don't call it "The Federation" for nothing in Star Trek

  2. P-Fleet by Burning+Plastic · · Score: 2, Funny

    It sounds like Captain Pirk has definitely arrived in our time...

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  3. DS by gadzook33 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well you can't very well build a giant steel planet with an energy weapon capable of destroying other planets in a warehouse.

  4. DS9 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    They should model it after DS9 for space tourists. I for one would look forward to playing Dabo at Quark's bar. I mean Russian's got to have a bar on that place.