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Head of Russian Space Agency Roscosmos Wavers on Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway

posted by chromas on Monday September 24 2018, @05:12PM   

takyon writes:

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:

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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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Original Submission

• Re:Is that even possible Re:Is that even possible (Score: 3, Touché) by requerdanos on Monday September 24 2018, @05:23PM (1 child)

  by requerdanos (5997) on Monday September 24 2018, @05:23PM (#739274) Journal

  * Some "Russia" entries should perhaps read "USSR".

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• Re:Is that even possible (Score: 2) by Rich on Tuesday September 25 2018, @04:57PM

  by Rich (945) on Tuesday September 25 2018, @04:57PM (#739749) Journal

  ... and I thought the asterisk meant "unless you count suborbital flights, in which case it was Germany"

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