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Russia's Moon And Mars Exploration Ambitions Hobbled By A Lack Of Money (phys.org)

Posted by BeauHD on from the spare-some-change dept.

MarkWhittington writes: Phys.Org reports that the ambitions of the Russian Space Agency continue to exceed its financial wherewithal to carry them out. A Russian rocket is due to launch the first element of the European ExoMars program, which consists of the Trace Gas Orbiter and the Italian-built Schiaparelli lander, in March. Both are due to arrive at Mars in October. After that, Russia's space exploration plans are a bit hazy, hobbled by a lack of money.

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  1. NASA is headed in the wrong direction by Lumpy · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    If they need more money they need to focus on killing people in faraway lands and none of this silly exploration.

    US Americans are far more interested in putting money into our military for killing people than Science. Now find life out there that we can kill? Now you got a source of funding!

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  2. Re:russia to the moon by BarbaraHudson · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    They dont have money to go to the moon but they have money to fund war

    You sure you're talking only about Russia now?

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  3. Re:Bernie Sanders by NEDHead · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    If I could build a wall around Trump, I would pay for it!