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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. on-orbit assembly, finally by QuantumG · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I hope that the Russians are *not* looking at flying to the Moon or Mars. The NEAs make much more interesting destinations where their expertise in micro-gravity environments can be best put to use.

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  2. Re:Impressive...If It Works by interstellar_donkey · · Score: 4, Interesting

    At the very least, it might start up a new space race, which would be a much needed motivation to get the US to start seriously looking at space travel again.

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