Russia, China "Seriously" Planning Nuclear Reactor On Moon By 2035: Report
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Yury Borisov, CEO of Roscosmos, Russia's State Space Corporation responsible for space flights, cosmonautics programmes, and aerospace research, said such a mission will have to be automated, with the necessary technological solutions almost ready for it.
Russia and China are "seriously" considering a project to install a nuclear reactor on the Moon in the next decade, the official media in Moscow quoted the head of the Russian space corporation as saying.
Yury Borisov, CEO of Roscosmos, Russia's State Space Corporation responsible for space flights, cosmonautics programmes, and aerospace research, said such a mission will have to be automated, with the necessary technological solutions almost ready for it.
"Today, we are seriously considering a project to deliver to the Moon and mount a power reactor there jointly with our Chinese partners somewhere between 2033 and 2035," state-run Tass news agency quoted Borisov as saying at the World Youth Festival being held at the Sirius federal territory on Tuesday.
