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Interesting commentary from Space Daily...<i>almost</i> as if Russia has its own Jeff Bell <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" />.<br /><br /><center>Russia Does Not Need The Moon<br /><br /><blockquote><p align="left"><font color="orange">We are probably doing it just to remind ourselves of the maxim that the new is the well-forgotten old. There is no other explanation for this year's focus on the lunar subject. Many, if not the majority, do not see it as a problem at all. Everything is perfectly clear.</font>/p><br /><p align="left"><font color="orange">The Moon is the concern of the United States, Europe, India, and China. It goes without saying that "...Russia should not waste time if it wants to keep its lead in the lunar exploration," said Georgy Polishchyuk, Lavochkin Association CEO.</font>p></p></p></blockquote></center><br /><br />From calling the Moon an "evil black hole" to characterizing VSE as part of "Washington's global domination attitude," this writer apparently doesn't want Russia to get involved in manned spaceflight beyond LEO.<br /><br />I was surprised to read that Russia has only one working spacecraft dedicated to Earth science. Is this true? If so, considering Russia's limited funding for space, perhaps Mr. Kislyakov has a good point.<br /><br />---------------------<br /><br />BTW, I put this in M&L by default...didn't seem to fit anywhere else. It's not about any particular mission or launch. Suggestions for movement to other fora are welcomed. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="3" color="#ff9900"><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>------------------------------------------------------------------- </em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."</em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></font></p></font> </div>