It looks like Russia and China will have to have a joint desire to build a nuclear reactor on the moon to power future settlements. According to Yuri Borisov, CEO of Roscosmos, Russia’s equivalent of NASA, the construction of the reactor is a step toward unmanned missions relying on technological solutions that both countries aim to master in the second half of this decade. It is said that it will be a part of it.
“Currently, we are seriously considering a project to jointly deliver to the moon and install a power reactor there between 2033 and 2035 with a Chinese partner,” Borisov said.
Said inside talk At the World Youth Festival in Krasnodar Krai, Russia.
Work at nuclear reactors will be automated with radiation considerations in mind.
Reuters
I got it. Nuclear power is considered necessary because solar panels clearly cannot generate enough electricity to power a future lunar settlement.
In addition to a nuclear reactor on the moon and an “interplanetary station,” Borisov said Russia is “also working on developing a space tugboat. This gigantic, gigantic construction is possible thanks to nuclear reactors and high-power turbines.” “It will be,” he suggested. For transporting large cargo from one orbit to another, collecting space debris, and engaging in many other applications. ”
Russian state media
I got it. Roscosmos and the China National Space Administration announced in March 2021 that they had signed an agreement to cooperate in developing an international lunar research station. To promote this project, Beijing plans to send three missions: Chang’e 6, Chang’e 7, and Chang’e 8.
The construction of a nuclear reactor on the moon will be part of a series of subsequent lunar missions.
The first lunar mission, scheduled to begin in 2026 and run through 2028, will test key technologies and lay the foundations for a robotic base where experiments and research can be conducted remotely.
CNSA plans to launch a relay satellite in conjunction with the Chang’e 6 mission this year.
report CNN.
China appears to be emboldened to explore space after successfully building the orbiting Tiangong space station and probe in 2022.
Journey To the other side of the moon in 2019.
Gen. Stephen Whiting, the commander of the U.S. Space Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee last week that space is a “growing national security challenge” and that communist China is “taking a breather away from military space and counterspace capabilities.” “We are growing at a similar pace,” he said.
report The Hill.
on tuesday,
2024 Space SummitWhiting suggested Russia also poses a “frightening” challenge to the US in space, even though Luna 25, the first lunar mission in decades, crashed on the moon’s surface last year did.
newsweek
shown Borisov’s announcement about the possibility of nuclear fission on the Moon has nerds at the Institute for the Study of War concerned about the potential fusion of Russia and China’s long-term strategies.
The Washington DC-based think tank ISW said Borisov’s comments were a sign of “deteriorating relations and China’s desire to foster a long-term strategic partnership with Russia to counter, and in some cases threaten, the West.” “It shows,” he suggested.
“The strategic space partnership with China means that Russia is unlikely to use this or similar technology against China and that both countries will mutually benefit from Russia’s stance toward the West through space and satellite technology. “Suggested,” ISW added.
The strategic relationship between China and Russia has strengthened in recent years, especially in the economic field.
Straits Times
I got it. Last year, trade between China and Russia reached a record high of $240 billion.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Thursday that the two countries have created a “new paradigm of great power relations that is completely different from the old Cold War era.”
according to Bonnie Lin, director of the China Power Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said Russia’s war against Ukraine is helping to strengthen relations between Russia and China.
Lin cited a variety of reasons to explain this consolidation, particularly Western efforts to punish Russia economically over its invasion of Ukraine. “This has exacerbated concerns in the Chinese government that there is a possibility of intolerance in the future.”
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