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on Wednesday September 24 2014, @09:43PM
from the not-sure-when-they're-bringing-him-back dept.
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One giant leap for mankind, again. Russia’s space agency said Tuesday it will launch a “full-scale” exploration of the Moon as part of a long-term mission to get a human being on the lunar surface for the first time in decades.
The head of Roscomsos, Oleg Ostapenko, said that designs were already underway for a manned spacecraft that he estimated could reach the moon by the end of the next decade. “By that time, based on the results of lunar surface exploration by unmanned space probes, we will designate [the] most promising places for lunar expeditions and lunar bases,” Ostapenko said, according to a translation ( http://en.itar-tass.com/non-political/750900 ) by Russian state-owned news agency ITAR-TASS.
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Russia Says It’s Putting A Man on the Moon… By 2030.
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I feel like I'm in a Toilet Bowl with a thumbtack in my forehead!!
(Score: 2) by Foobar Bazbot on Thursday September 25 2014, @02:04AM
Wikipedia says Delta IV Heavy can lift about 14t to GTO, while Proton-M can only lift about 6t to GTO. That's not particularly "similar" IMO (perhaps there's a heavier version of Proton I missed?), so it's not at all obvious that Proton is feasible for such missions.
(Score: 2) by khallow on Thursday September 25 2014, @02:30AM
The mass difference is less pronounced for LEO (21 mt to 29 mt). Assemble stuff in LEO and then launch it to the Moon.