Russia Plans To Create Man-Visited Moon Base - Roscosmos Chief Rogozin

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th November, 2018) Russia plans to create a long-term man-visited base on the Earth's natural satellite and study the moon with the help of robot avatars as part of its lunar program, Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin told Sputnik.

"This is about creating a long-term base, naturally, not habitable, but visited.

But basically, it is the transition to robotic systems, to avatars that will solve tasks on the Moon surface," Rogozin said.

He noted that this task was more ambitious and responsible than that which the United States faced during their lunar program in the 1960s and 1970s.

At the same time, Roscosmos chief did not specify how much time might pass from the start of manned flights to the Moon before creating a full-fledged base. The first landing of the Russian cosmonaut on the Moon is scheduled for 2030.