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"Nuclear fusion is our future, by it requires raw materials. And it is available on the Moon in the form of Helium-3 isotope… The chances of all the players will depend on whether they have independent access to space", - says the head of RSC Energia Nikolai Sevastiyanov
RSC Energia proposed to Roscosmos an ambitious project. The manufacturers of space hardware promise to develop, as early as 2020, a transportation system, which will connect the Earth with the Moon. What we are talking about here is not a series of missions for purely scientific and propaganda purposes, like those accomplished by the Americans back in 1970s. The Russian scientists are planning to get down to industrial development of the Earth’s natural satellite. To be more specific, they plan to mine there the fuel of the future. The President and Designer General of RSC Energia Nikolai Sevastiyanov talked about this project in detail in an interview he gave to the weekly magazine Itogi.
Energia - S.P.Korolev RSC