Russia to build Moon colony by 2040: NASA says hold my beer

Russia’s federal space agency intends to establish a lunar colony by the year 2040. NASA, meanwhile, announced today that it’d have a continuous human presence there within a decade. The Moon race is on y’all. The flag of the United States of America remains the only territorial banner on the Moon’s surface. But a lunar land feud may be looming. It’s become apparent the US and Russia have set their sights on a human-crewed moon landing as soon as possible. Roscomos, the Russian federal space agency, published a press release on Wednesday stating the moon base was the agency’s top…

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