Russia To Establish Bases On the Moon 249
ananyo writes "Vladimir Popovkin, the head of Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, has said that Russia will pursue extensive, long-lived operations at the Moon's surface. 'We're not talking about repeating what mankind achieved 40 years ago,' Popovkin said, through a translator at the Global Space Exploration Conference in Washington DC. 'We're talking about establishing permanent bases.' The heads of the space agencies for Europe, Canada and Russia, along with senior representatives from the space agencies of India and Japan were in Washington DC talking about the benefits of international collaboration. JAXA, the Japanese Space Agency, also issued a clear pronouncement about targeting the Moon."
Just another tax haven... (Score:5, Funny)
Oblig: "In Soviet Russia" (Score:1, Funny)
In Soviet Russia (Score:3, Funny)
Seen this before (Score:5, Funny)
Popovkin went on to announce that Drax Industries has been awarded the tender for construction of the new shuttle fleet and moon base. He went on to note that Drax's recent announcement of a toxic orchid-farming operation in the Amazon jungle was pure coincidence, and by the way did anyone know of an orthodontist in Washington who knew how to work with steel?
Re:Oblig: "In Soviet Russia" (Score:5, Funny)
Re:i volunteer to live with no women? (Score:5, Funny)
I imagine that situation is not much worse than what most /.ers live with anyway.
Re:i volunteer to live with no women? (Score:5, Funny)
Can I still access World of Warcraft?
Re:Empty posturing (Score:5, Funny)
It'd be a sad thing to expand the worst of our nature to the moon and make the sands of that distant void red with blood.
Yeah, reserve that for Mars, which is named after a war god and conveniently already is red. :-)
Re:It's all well and good until (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Too late suckers! (Score:3, Funny)
that why the USA needs to race back to the moon and build a fort around it maned by space marines.
Re:It's all well and good until (Score:5, Funny)
Re:questions (Score:5, Funny)
What does Russia expect to accomplish with its moon base?
Rumor has it Putin is looking for a new location where his future inaugurations can take place without the distraction of nearby protests [nytimes.com].
Re:It's all well and good until (Score:5, Funny)
*Cough* *Cough* dimensions of 1:4:9 - the first three integers squared.
Bad monkey, no evolutionary boost for you!