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17-04-2021, 09:14 PM
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Re: Russia moonshot??

Originally Posted by Donkeyman ->
It looks like the yanks are going to be too late getting back too the
moon unless the cosmonauts make a cock up in October ??
What if the ruskies: remove the stars and stripes from moons surface
when they get there ??
Will it cause the first diplomatic incident in space ??

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Looks like the yanksare on Russia's case allready??
Biden has commissioned Elon Musk to build him a lunar landing
vehicle for a cool two billion dollars to put a couple of yanks back
on the moon's surface sometime next year !!
So it looks as if the race for the moon has actually started ??
Taking bets anyone?

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19-04-2021, 12:32 PM
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Re: Russia moonshot??

Originally Posted by Donkeyman ->
Looks like the yanksare on Russia's case allready??
Biden has commissioned Elon Musk to build him a lunar landing
vehicle for a cool two billion dollars to put a couple of yanks back
on the moon's surface sometime next year !!
So it looks as if the race for the moon has actually started ??
Taking bets anyone?

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The Chinese might already be there waiting for them both to arrive.
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19-04-2021, 12:40 PM
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Re: Russia moonshot??

Have I missed something .....

AFAIK, the robotic Luna-25 will be the first Russian or Soviet moon mission since 1976.

https://www.space.com/russia-moon-mission-luna-25.html

The Russian lunar landing vehicle includes nine instruments: eight Russian and one developed by the European Space Agency (ESA). ESA's contribution to Luna 25 is Pilot-D, a demonstrator terrain relative navigation system.

The launch is currently planned for October 2021 on a Soyuz-2.1b rocket with Fregat-M upper stage, from Baikonur or Vostochny.
It's an old (1990's) plan that's been reactivated in a scaled-down version - there's no provision for crew .....
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22-04-2021, 10:04 AM
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Re: Russia moonshot??

Originally Posted by Omah ->
Have I missed something .....

AFAIK, the robotic Luna-25 will be the first Russian or Soviet moon mission since 1976.

https://www.space.com/russia-moon-mission-luna-25.html



It's an old (1990's) plan that's been reactivated in a scaled-down version - there's no provision for crew .....
Yes, you seem to be right Omah?
It seems this October's effort will be robotic after all !!
But it seems as if the spirit of co-operation between the Russians and
USA is coming to an end end as the Russians are now hinting they
they want to start their own Earth orbiter and gradually. abandon
the old international one !!
The new space race is on !!j

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