October 2021
Russia and China – a new space axis
..., the ability to fly cosmonauts and hangtianyuan to the Moon; while jointly developing a single automated, later occupied, lunar base. Russia and China could still be described, at this stage, as flirting with each other, both somewhat nervously...
October 2021
Mining lunar hydrogen
... potential in terms of useful power, first on the Moon and later on other planets. Design concept for a future lunar base. About the authors Vyacheslav A Bobin is a Chief Researcher at the Academician N Melnikov Institute of Mineral Wealth Integrated...
December 2021
All for one and one for all – recommendations for a sustainable future in lunar exploration
...cannot be exclusive nor perpetual, that is, no country can declare any region of space as property. Therefore, any lunar base that is constructed must allow free access to all countries regardless of contribution to its construction. In light of this...
April 2025
Racing to the Moon
... simplicity and lower cost of its approach. Artistic representation of China’s proposed International Lunar Research Station (ILRS), a planned lunar base currently being led by Roscosmos and the China National Space Administration (CNSA). Senegal...
April 2020
Is space poised to take another giant leap?
... the Chinese goddess Chang’e, has three steps - a robotic programme, a human spaceflight programme and the establishment of lunar bases. The impetus for this began in the 1960s, when Chinese geologist Ouyang Ziyuan saw what America...
September 2020
Commercial opportunities beyond Earth orbit
... be met cost effectively will be through reusable launch vehicles. A concept for constructing a lunar base using automated 3D printers, making use of lunar regolith as building material. SpaceX recently succeeded in the Falcon-9 launch of astronauts...
