[ExI] China and Russia say they will join forces to build moon base

[John Grigg]

I wonder when they will have it up and running... 2035 perhaps?

"The two countries agreed to the plans on Tuesday (March 9),  saying the
International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) would be "open to all
interested countries and international partners."

The "memorandum of understanding" between the two countries, announced by
the *China National Space Administration*
<http://www.cnsa.gov.cn/english/n6465652/n6465653/c6811380/content.html>
(CNSA), described the ILRS as a "comprehensive scientific experiment base
with the capability of long-term autonomous operation, built on the lunar
surface and/or on the lunar orbit that will carry out multi-disciplinary
and multi-objective scientific research activities such as the lunar
exploration and utilization, lunar-based observation, basic scientific
experiment and technical verification."
https://www.livescience.com/china-russia-moon-mission.html
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