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MOSCOW, May 8 (RIA Novosti) - Russia has drafted a program for colonization
of the moon, and plans to send the first expeditions to build a permanent
lunar base in 2030, the Russian Izvestia daily said Thursday, citing an
official document.
"The moon is a space object for the future exploration by terrestrial
civilization, and a geopolitical competition for the Moon's natural
resources may begin in the 21st century," said a report on a potential lunar
program prepared by the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Roscosmos space
agency and Moscow State University.
The program aims to build an inhabited moon base and testing ground by the
middle of the century, which would allow mineral extraction on Earth's only
natural satellite.
By Epictetus
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