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

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).

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  • (Score: 2) by loonycyborg on Monday September 24 2018, @06:33PM (4 children)

    by loonycyborg (6905) on Monday September 24 2018, @06:33PM (#739321)

    Since blatant americanophilia of 1993s and later everyone in Russia really like to cede any sort of leadership to US, mostly out of personal laziness and lack of critical thinking skills. But due to late dimplomatic events Russia really should take more initiative and responsibility, because US won't benevolently lead them anymore, if they ever did.

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  • (Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 24 2018, @07:23PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 24 2018, @07:23PM (#739351)

    That's why they ceded power to the United States.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 25 2018, @09:44AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 25 2018, @09:44AM (#739603)

      That's why they ceded power to the United States.

      If you believe they ceded any power, you're delusional.

  • (Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 24 2018, @08:01PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 24 2018, @08:01PM (#739373)

    That's why they ceded power to the United States.

    Disappearing my comment won't change this fact.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 25 2018, @02:50AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 25 2018, @02:50AM (#739509)

      Sad news dude: as long as you post AC, your comment isn't visible anyway.