Sunday, January 29, 2006

Energy empire

Russia has staked out plans to recapture its Soviet-era space-race glory and start mining the Moon for a promising energy resource that scientists say could meet the Earth's power needs for more than a thousand years.

Nikolai Sevastyanov, head of Russia's giant Energia Space Corporation, has unveiled plans to build a permanent base on the Moon within a decade and to start mining the planet for helium 3, a sought-after isotope, by 2020.

Originally posted: http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article341273...

As for me, I support any space projects, because it unites people. Good luck.

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