Apparently Russia and China have been working towards a pact on space exploration.\u00c2\u00a0 First they want to work on the Moon:<\/p>\n
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Russia and China may conclude a Moon exploration agreement by the end of the year, the RIA-Novosti quoted Anatoly Perminov, the head of the Russian Space Agency, as saying on Monday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Followed by a round trip journey to Phobos! (one of Mars’ moons):<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153One of the directions we are working in is a flight to Phobos, with Chinese participation, which will bring back some of its soil to Earth,\u00e2\u20ac? Perminov said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We plan to reach the final stage [of our talks] by the end of 2006″ <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Is this in response to Bush’s program to visit the moon?
\nWhere is Russia getting the money for this?\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Aren’t they already having trouble paying for their part of the International Space Station? \n<\/p>\nAlso, I wonder if they’ll be providing China with any US technology \/ research.\u00c2\u00a0 As we’ve been working with them on ISS and other projects, I’m sure they have access to some or all of our research at NASA.\n<\/p>\n
Anyways, it looks like the space race is on again.\u00c2\u00a0 I guess this time it will be US vs Russia + China.\u00c2\u00a0 Maybe the US will end up partnering with the EU to compete?\u00c2\u00a0 The ESA has had more and more probes exploring space lately.\u00c2\u00a0 For example last week they sent a mission to crash land into the moon for readings, etc<\/p>\n
Link via Technocrat:
\nRussia, China May Sign Pact on Joint Moon Exploration – Official – NEWS – MOSNEWS.COM<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p>\ntechnorati tags:moon<\/a>, space<\/a>, china<\/a>, russia<\/a>, usa<\/a>, esa<\/a>, united<\/a>, states<\/a>, phobos<\/a>, exploration<\/a><\/p>\n
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