[blam]

Japan aims to build Moon base by 2030

[rhombus]

Those Russians sure are feeling insecure these days.

[Squidpup]

But we planted our flag there first...(in reference to their lame claim of the north pole area by dropping a flag from a sub under the ice)

[cripplecreek]

We need to saddle up.

[goldstategop]

Man will return to the moon... permanently. Robert Browning's verse comes to mind: "If man's reach ne'er exceed his grasp, then what's heaven for?"

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Westlander]

As long as they don’t mess with Saturn. I’ve got dibs on that first.

[PeteB570]

Hey Russia - You have to get people there first.

[colorado tanker]

They’re chances would be better if they’d made it to the Moon during the first “space race.” If I were an astronaut, I think I’d stick with “made in America.”

[dragnet2]

We should have built and occupied a small lunar base and research station years ago.

[PEACE ENFORCER]

Well I hope their “Moon Lander” has a better design than their Submarines.

[Grimmy]

So, what are they going to do? Stack up the rusting remains of their past failures in bids for glory and then climb to the moon?

[aMorePerfectUnion]

... even as we make these posts, a Russian sub is silently
headed towards the moon, assisted by a Russian asteroid
breaker. The plan, as we’ve learned, is to deposit a small
Russian flag on the surface of the moon....

[MinorityRepublican]

Someone will beat us at our own game. We have no motivation at this point to do anything about outer space. The richest tycoons such as Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and others are not interested investing in private outer space travel.

[RightWhale]

Russia is already organising a simulated manned mission to Mars, by placing six volunteers in a sealed capsule on Earth for up to two years to study the effects.

This kind of thing has been going on for decades. Must be dozens, not counting Antarctic camps.

[the lone wolf]

"...America, which landed the first men on the moon in 1968..."

Wrong guess, try again.

July 20, 1969.

[taxesareforever]

“Current spacecraft do not provide the protection needed for the crew to survive and return to Earth,” he said.

The same goes for moon missions.

[ozzymandus]

Gonna be a lot of dead Russkis on the moon. If they even get there. There might be some there already, and I’m pretty sure there are quite a few in earth orbit, if they haven’t burned up. Late 50’s-early 60’s was a bad time to be a cosmonaut.

[KevinDavis]

[wastedyears]

Finder’s keeper’s

[AntiKev]

The problem right now is that neither side has the political or national will to actually go through with this program. If we’re not careful we’re going to end up with another ISS albatross. What we need to do is be wary of the Chinese coming up the middle to take the checkered flag.