An inhabited laboratory on the moon will appear after 2030. About This was stated by the head of strategic planning and target programs of Roscosmos Yuri Makarov. Practical start date the official did not name the project.
A photo open source PHOTO: depositphotos.com “Always it’s difficult to give a forecast, but I think after 2030, “he said Makarov in an interview with RSN, answering the question about the date of construction laboratories. At the same time, the specialist noticed that on the surface natural satellite of the Earth there are no seismic vibrations, which simplifies the construction of artificial structures. Explore the moon it will be easier if you use lunar soil in construction and local water, according to Roskosmos. Representations that water on the Moon in sufficient quantities for its use not to be maybe revised after sounding in 2008 Mini-SAR radar located on the Chandrayaan-1 Indian probe. Later, in the area of the North Pole, 40 craters were discovered water ice lying in layers up to two meters thick. Estimated NASA, only these boats contain up to 600 million tons of water. Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, in charge of issues military-industrial complex, in the fall of 2012 reported that building a base on the moon could be Russia’s main goal in space for the coming decades. Earlier it became known that Roscosmos plans to test a drilling rig on the moon, developed jointly with the European Space Agency (ESA) under the ExoMars program. ESA Head Jean-Jacques Dorden reported that the Russian side proposed European specialists to take part in Russian lunar missions. IN Federal Space Program Planned Luna Glob Missions and Luna Resource, during which they will be sent to the moon a returnable probe capable of delivering soil samples to Earth, and on lunar orbit is an automatic research station. Research on the Earth’s natural satellite is part of bridging Russia’s lag from leading space powers in areas of basic space research.
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