Russian-Chinese pact to explore the moon is another sign the U.S. must change its approach to Moscow

CNBC via msn ^ | 13 Mar 2021 | Frederick Kempe

[blueplum]

This week Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, signed an agreement with the Chinese National Space Administration, to create an International Scientific Lunar Station "with open access to all interested nations and international partners." It was the most dramatic sign yet that Moscow sees its space future with China and not the United States, further underscoring its growing strategic alignment with Beijing.

...This week's agreement also marked an apparent rebuke of NASA's invitation for Russia to join the Artemis project, named for Apollo's twin sister, that aims to put the first woman and next man on the moon by 2024. With international partners, Artemis would also explore the lunar surface more thoroughly than ever before, employing advanced technologies.

"They see their program not as international, but similar to NATO," sneered Dmitry Rogozin last year, the director general of Roscosmos, who did a lot of sneering previously in Brussels as the former Russian ambassador to NATO. "We are not interested in participating in such a project."...

[Sirius Lee]

What was Nasa done for US lately?

It gave us jihadis who now have access to rocket tech. What could go wrong?

[Wuli]

No. It is a sign that the U.S. should change its approach to space exploration, making our moon a bigger priority than Mars.

[bert]

Russia is broke but has technology.

China needs the technology

[PLMerite]

I had a pack of those.

[canuck_conservative]

How soon before there’s some “mission failure” due to

Cheap
Chinese
Crap ?

Or Russia cancels the deal because the Chinese keep trying to steal their ideas??

[gandalftb]

Bingo!