Russian space agency Roscosmos has said that it wants to establish a lunar base by 2040 as part of a three-stage program.
Russia has set its sights on building a base on the moon—and it will accomplish this feat with the help of 3D printing—or additive—technologies that utilize lunar soil, a spokesperson for the country's space corporation Roscosmos told Russian state-owned news agency TASS.The first of these will see a spacecraft sent to orbit the moon,reported.
Previously, Russian aerospace company NPO Lavochkin said that such 3D printing technology could be powered by solar energy, and would use moon dust to create specialized objects. In late 2018, Roscosmos announced that the moon base would be managed in the long-term with the help of humans on Earth controlling robot"avatars" on the lunar surface.
NASA has also set its sights on establishing a permanent presence on the moon as part of its longer-term goal of reaching Mars. The space agency wants to begin conducting sustainable lunar surface missions by the late 2020s.
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