Russia will put cosmonauts on the Moon by 2025, the head of the country's space agency has said. A permanent manned base might follow.
"According to our estimates we will be ready for a manned flight to the Moon in 2025," Roskosmos chief Anatoly Perminov told AFP. He said that Russia could establish a lunar "inhabited station" between 2027 and 2032.
More: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/31/russians_on_moon_by_2025/
A bit disappointing compared with JFKs statement in the 60s of "by the end of the decade"
Close on 40 years later it's a big deal.
It would be interesting to see another space race ;)
Mick
Quote from: mickw on Sep 04, 2007, 18:05:42
It would be interesting to see another space race ;)
Looks like a three-way race might be developing, with the Chinese and Russians seemingly actually interested in competing again.