[JACK AYLMER]
RUSSIA SAYS IT COULD HELP BILLIONAIRE SPACE-X CEO ELON MUSK ACHIEVE HIS GOAL OF FLYING A SPACECRAFT TO MARS WITH A LITTLE BOOST OF NUCLEAR ENERGY..
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN’S INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ENVOY REVEALING THURSDAY MOSCOW WOULD LIKE TO ASSIST MUSK WITH A SMALL NUCLEAR PLANT FOR HIS MISSION TO THE RED PLANET.
THE OFFER COMES AS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES TALKS WITH RUSSIA OVER STRENGTHENING THEIR RELATIONSHIP, CURRENTLY STRAINED DUE TO MOSCOW’S INVASION OF UKRAINE, AND AS U-S SANCTIONS OVER THE WAR REMAIN INTACT.
MUSK ANNOUNCED EARLIER THIS MONTH, HIS STARSHIP ROCKET WILL BE LAUNCHED TOWARD MARS BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR, DESPITE TEST FAILURES AND AS SOME ASTRONOMERS CAST DOUBT ON HIS TIMELINE.
MUSK ALSO SAYS HUMANS COULD LAND ON MARS AS SOON AS 2029 BUT NOTED 2031 IS “MORE LIKELY.”
THE SPACE-X C-E-O ADDING, HE ENVISIONS A “SELF SUSTAINING CITY” IN ROUGHLY TWO DECADES ON THE PLANET.
THE KREMLIN REPORTEDLY BELIEVES IT COULD ATTRACT FOREIGN INVESTORS FOR MUSK AND CONTRIBUTE TECHNOLOGY TO MUSK’S MARS EFFORTS.
THE PROPOSED PARTNERSHIP COMES AS RUSSIA AND CHINA BOTH CONSIDER PLANS FOR A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ON THE MOON WITHIN THE NEXT DECADE.
SOMETHING BEIJING AND MOSCOW SAY COULD LEAD TO HUMAN LUNAR SETTLEMENTS IN THE FUTURE.
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