Russia Opens Talks With NASA And ESA With Plans For Manned Lunar Base

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On January 19, 2012, Roscosmos and the head of the Russian Space Agency began talking to the United States and Europe about the stuff dreams are made of… a manned research base on the Moon. The agency’s chief, Vladimir Popovkin, led off the discussion with officials from NASA and the European Space Agency for a [...]

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[SamCashion]

:/ really? I'm not getting my hopes up.

This totally came out of left field.
Out of all the things I'd like to say about this, I have to say that it seems rather ridiculous to put a space station in lunar orbit. The moon is only protected by Earth's magnetosphere 2/3 of the time.