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Russia throws doubt on joint lunar space station with U.S.: RIA
Moscow may abandon a project to build a space station in lunar orbit in partnership with U.S. space agency NASA because it does not want a "second fiddle role," a Russian official said on Saturday.
[...] [The] head of Russian space agency Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said Russia might exit the joint program and instead propose its own lunar orbit space station project.
[...] A spokesman for Roscosmos said later that Russia had no immediate plans to leave the project. "Russia has not refused to take part in the project of the lunar orbit station with the USA," Vladimir Ustimenko was quoted as saying by the TASS news agency.
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Also at ABC (Associated Press).
Previously:
NASA Suspends Collaboration with Russia
Russia to Build New Space Station with NASA after ISS
NASA and Roscosmos Sign Joint Statement on the Development of a Lunar Space Station
Russia Assembles Engineering Group for Lunar Activities and the Deep Space Gateway
China Will Focus on a Lunar Surface Station Rather than a Lunar Orbiting Station
NASA and Roscosmos Release Joint Statement on ISS Leak Amid Rumors
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Ryan's Law:
Make three correct guesses consecutively
and you will establish yourself as an expert.
(Score: 5, Informative) by takyon on Monday September 24 2018, @06:35PM (1 child)
Their ISS cash cow could be going away as soon as next year. They don't do any major space exploration missions like NASA does and their Fobos-Grunt mission was a failure. Their upcoming rockets are not competitive with Falcon Heavy and BFR.
Michael Crichton is an overrated dead man.
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(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 24 2018, @07:05PM
Hmm, chrichton just gave a name to it, so not sure why that came up. It is extremely common, there is even a catchier new name for it...