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"By order of the President, the current government and the United States aim to bring American astronauts back to the moon over the next five years," said Pence at a meeting of the National Council of the United States. American space.
According to Pens, who heads the National Space Council and oversees US space policy, Trump "has asked NASA and its leader Jim Brydenstein to achieve this goal by any means necessary."
When Trump came to power, the United States announced the resumption of the lunar program, calling for the return and constant presence of humans on Earth's natural satellite a step on the way to the inhabited missions to Mars. NASA is developing the idea of creating the Gateway Station, near the moon, from which it is planned to fly to the surface of the Moon and then return to reusable landing gear.
The construction of the lunar orbit station is expected to begin in 2022 and the first manned flight to this station is scheduled for 2024. The landing of the Americans on the lunar surface, according to NASA's plans, will not take place before the late 2020s. The agency points out that Gateway is an international project.
On March 25, Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin declared that Russia was interested in participating in international lunar stationbut I would like it to be built not on an orbit, but on the surface of the moon. According to him, the development of a super heavy rocket, which will be required for the exploration of the moon, is carried out precisely taking into account the landing on the surface of the Earth's natural satellite. Roskosmos now asks that the new rocket be able to launch 27 tons in a low Earth orbit. This should be enough to send not only the ship piloted on the moon, but also
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