Russia To Establish Bases On the Moon

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Russia To Establish Bases On the Moon

Posted by timothy on Wednesday May 23, 2012 @12:48AM from the reopening-the-tang-mines dept.

ananyo writes "Vladimir Popovkin, the head of Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, has said that Russia will pursue extensive, long-lived operations at the Moon's surface. 'We're not talking about repeating what mankind achieved 40 years ago,' Popovkin said, through a translator at the Global Space Exploration Conference in Washington DC. 'We're talking about establishing permanent bases.' The heads of the space agencies for Europe, Canada and Russia, along with senior representatives from the space agencies of India and Japan were in Washington DC talking about the benefits of international collaboration. JAXA, the Japanese Space Agency, also issued a clear pronouncement about targeting the Moon."

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Just another tax haven... by vanquished · 2012-05-23 01:00 · Score: 5, Funny

The rich are getting really creative hiding their money from the government now...
Oblig: "In Soviet Russia" by stevegee58 · 2012-05-23 01:03 · Score: 1, Funny

Do your worst.
1. Re:Oblig: "In Soviet Russia" by Kulaid982 · 2012-05-23 01:09 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  In Soviet Russia, base moons you!
  
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In Soviet Russia by ACK!! · 2012-05-23 01:06 · Score: 2, Funny

they still fund their space program? Uh I got nothing.

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Seen this before by Lev13than · 2012-05-23 01:07 · Score: 4, Funny

Popovkin went on to announce that Drax Industries has been awarded the tender for construction of the new shuttle fleet and moon base. He went on to note that Drax's recent announcement of a toxic orchid-farming operation in the Amazon jungle was pure coincidence, and by the way did anyone know of an orthodontist in Washington who knew how to work with steel?

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Re:i volunteer to live with no women? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-05-23 01:14 · Score: 5, Funny

I imagine that situation is not much worse than what most /.ers live with anyway.
Re:i volunteer to live with no women? by crazyjj · 2012-05-23 01:22 · Score: 4, Funny

Can I still access World of Warcraft?

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Re:Empty posturing by Anonymous Coward · 2012-05-23 01:28 · Score: 5, Funny

It'd be a sad thing to expand the worst of our nature to the moon and make the sands of that distant void red with blood.
Yeah, reserve that for Mars, which is named after a war god and conveniently already is red. :-)
Re:It's all well and good until by imakemusic · 2012-05-23 01:29 · Score: 3, Funny

Surely if the explosion is on the far side the moon would be sent hurtling *towards* earth?

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Re:Too late suckers! by ch-chuck · 2012-05-23 01:38 · Score: 3, Funny

that why the USA needs to race back to the moon and build a fort around it maned by space marines.

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Re:It's all well and good until by Rogerborg · 2012-05-23 02:15 · Score: 4, Funny

Don't feel too bad, their writers didn't understand orbital mechanics either.

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Re:questions by guttentag · 2012-05-23 02:24 · Score: 5, Funny

What does Russia expect to accomplish with its moon base?
Rumor has it Putin is looking for a new location where his future inaugurations can take place without the distraction of nearby protests.
Re:It's all well and good until by Mindcontrolled · 2012-05-23 02:29 · Score: 4, Funny

*Cough* *Cough* dimensions of 1:4:9 - the first three integers squared.
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