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Original article: https://www.rt.com/news/319015-luna-moon-russia-esa/

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The European Space Agency (ESA) is set to join Russia’s ambitious plan to colonize the Moon, with an announcement that it will provide key tech for a planned exploration mission in 2020, and possibly help construct a permanent outpost.

Announced by Russia’s space agency Roscosmos last November, Luna 27 is a robotic lander that will land in the South Pole–Aitken basin, a giant crater on the dark side of the Moon, and prospect it for resources that could be utilized by future moon-dwellers.

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There seems to be a lot of space related new lately(water on mars etc). Personally I'm excited about the fact that people will start living outside of Earth in the foreseeable future.

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I for one approve of putin a base on the moon.

 

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Somehow this will lead to 

fortress_moon_preview1.jpg

MOON NAZIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(I know russia was not axis but just go with it)

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Funny, Putin is trolling EU and 'Murica with his political actions, meanwhile we're still collaborating to go to the moon  :lol:

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This is stupid theres no water(ice) there whats the point of a non self-sustainable base?

I know mars is way to far or it would have been colonized by now, waste of money on moon base.

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This is stupid theres no water(ice) there whats the point of a non self-sustainable base?

I know mars is way to far or it would have been colonized by now, waste of money on moon base.

1. They can just bring water there and recycle it. 

2. Going to the moon is actually feasible in comparison.

 

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This is stupid theres no water(ice) there whats the point of a non self-sustainable base?

I know mars is way to far or it would have been colonized by now, waste of money on moon base.

 

Its not a waste, its a good way to practice building inhabitable space platforms and to test colonising other planets etc

 

its a baby step into the future, first we build a home on the moon, and see if it works

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/russian-and-european-space-agencies-to-work-together-sending-men-to-the-moon-a6697281.html

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This is stupid theres no water(ice) there whats the point of a non self-sustainable base?

I know mars is way to far or it would have been colonized by now, waste of money on moon base.

There's valuable resources on the moon. Among them being gold, cobalt, iron, palladuim, platinum, tungsten, and helium-3. Helium 3 can be used to power future fusion reactors without producing nuclear waste.

So a base on the moon is actually not a waste of money, but profitable and it's definitely not stupid.

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Dark side of the Moon? That's a brilliant Pink Floyd album. I think you mean far side of the moon.

 

This is stupid theres no water(ice) there whats the point of a non self-sustainable base?

I know mars is way to far or it would have been colonized by now, waste of money on moon base.

There's water on the moon on both poles, in the form of ice.

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There's valuable resources on the moon. Among them being gold, cobalt, iron, palladuim, platinum, tungsten, and helium-3. Helium 3 can be used to power future fusion reactors without producing nuclear waste.

So a base on the moon is actually not a waste of money, but profitable and it's definitely not stupid.

Russia and EU are on board, I wonder how long it will take USA to send a "diplomatic" mission xDDDDDDDDDDDD

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Russia and EU are on board, I wonder how long it will take USA to send a "diplomatic" mission xDDDDDDDDDDDD

 

Not that long. The Moon needs it's democracy! All those people living there without freedom.

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Somehow this will lead to 

fortress_moon_preview1.jpg

MOON NAZIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(I know russia was not axis but just go with it)

SOB, I was going to say that.

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But there isn't a dark side of the moon unless when an eclipse is happening.

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So... any plans to construct this?

 

 
It's basically a moon-based beam of death that bends...

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Gundam Seed Destiny?

 

Yep...

A base at the dark side of the moon seems like a fine place to put something like this... couple it with a few reflector satellites disguised as weather satellites and you have yourself a nice laser weapon that can be fired at any target...

 

gathering energy for it is a major problem though...

 

might also be the starting point for lunar, interplanetary and asteroid mining...

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I for one welcome our new Russian overlords.

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Why the dark side? So we cant look at it through telescopes? Also it seems VERY ambitious to even land on that side of the moon. Unless they plan on traveling once they land but I doubt that. I wonder what they plan to do about temperatures and if they have any ideas for vegetation.

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Why the dark side? So we cant look at it through telescopes? Also it seems VERY ambitious to even land on that side of the moon. Unless they plan on traveling once they land but I doubt that. I wonder what they plan to do about temperatures and if they have any ideas for vegetation.

What do you mean it's very ambitious to land on that side ?

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