Russia plans missions to Mars and the Moon

[SA_Scavenger]

I'd rather see a centralised Earth space agency push development than any one country. Last thing we need is another global pissing contest over Mars, between the US, China and Russia.

Plus countries tend to be dicks when it comes to sharing and playing nice. It'd be great if there was a unified space council, because then there'd be so many biases tugging at the due process that everyone would be discriminated against equally. Yay for level handed treatment!

EDIT: Also, is it just me, or does that timeline sound like 99% impractical posturing? I'll be amazed if the Russians can put their money where their mouth is.

I like competition, it gets things moving. Countries acting like dicks tends to get other countries to think of new and innovative ways to accomplish the same task and perhaps make another discovery along the way.

One world space agency, count me out, thank you very much.

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