Russia and China in Talks About Building a Joint Moon Research Base
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(Worthy News) – Looking to strengthen its space cooperation with China amid heightened geopolitical tensions with the United States, Russia is in talks with Beijing about the possibility of building a joint lunar research base.
Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Russian space agency Roscosmos, held talks recently with the director of the China National Space Administration, Zhang Kejian. He revealed in an interview with state television late last week that the two had “agreed that we will probably research the moon and build a lunar research base together, Russia and China.”
The news comes amid signs of growing strain in the decades-long cooperation between the United States and Russia in space. [ Source: CNS News (Read More…) ]
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