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Russia Wants To Establish a Permanent Moon Base

Posted by samzenpus on from the one-of-these-days-Alisa dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Having established its presence in the Crimean Peninsula, Russia is now shooting for a bit loftier goal, a permanent Moon base. 'As reported by the Voice of Russia, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin told the government daily Rossiiskaya Gazeta that establishing a permanent Moon base has become one of the country's top space priorities. "The moon is not an intermediate point in the [space] race, it is a separate, even a self-contained goal," Rogozin reportedly said. "It would hardly be rational to make some ten or twenty flights to the moon, and then wind it all up and fly to the Mars or some asteroids."'"

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  1. Fine.. by MickyTheIdiot · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...just don't let them put nuclear waste up there. You don't want it to rip itself out of orbit.

    1. Re:Fine.. by khelms · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah, darnit. Except for Obama being elected in 2008, we would have had a base on the moon in 1999!

  2. First infiltrate with masked astronauts by Steve1952 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is plan: 1: First infiltrate with masked astronauts without insignia. 2: Build government offices, and seize them. 3: Have popular vote 4: Profit!