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May 1, 2007
Nasa 'rejects Russia Moon help'
The head of Russia's space agency says that the US has rejected a Moscow proposal that the two countries join forces to explore the Moon."We were ready to co-operate, but for unknown reasons, the United States have said they will undertake this programme themselves," Anatoly Perminov said.
US space agency Nasa has said it plans to start work on a base on the Moon when astronauts return there in 2020.
You don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out what this is all about. The reality is that NASA can't have the Russians involved in their planning for a moon base because they have no plans for a moon base at all and the Russians would tell on them. This is all a part of the gutting of NASA in hopes of ending serious space exploration by the United States. The stages of the destruction of America's future has been clearly laid out over the last seven years. First they destroyed the SSTO program, then the shuttle program and now the entire future focus of the agency itself. I've heard of turning back the clock, but come on! We are seriously trying to sell the American people on rockets from the 1960's as the future?
Read more over at BBC.
Posted by Jamison at May 1, 2007 7:35 AM
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