In 2021, Russia and China unveiled plans for a joint lunar base, the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS), with potential commissioning between 2035 and 2045. This ongoing project has laid the groundwork for current plans involving India.
The initial roadmap for the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS), jointly led by China and Russia, was unveiled in June 2021. The pair stated plans to build a basic, robotic moon base through five super heavy-lift rocket launches from 2033 to 2035.
Russia and China are considering putting a nuclear power plant on the moon from 2033-35,Professor Mr.Yuri Borisov, the head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos said on Tuesday, something he said could one day allow lunar settlements to be built.
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Russia and China announced plans to build shared nuclear reactor on the moon by 2035, 'without humans' The proposed nuclear reactor would provide energy to a lunar base that Russia and China have agreed to build together.
Professor Borisov, a former deputy defence minister, said that Russia and China had been jointly working on a lunar programme and that Moscow was able to contribute with its expertise on "nuclear space energy".
"Today we are seriously considering a project - somewhere at the turn of 2033-2035 - to deliver and install a power unit on the lunar surface together with our Chinese colleagues," Mr.Borisov said.
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China imposed a moratorium on inland nuclear construction following the 2011 Fukushima accident, which impedes nuclear from hitting the 10% of power generation goal. While surveys show nuclear has public support, Chinese citizens have more negative views towards building reactors inland.
Solar panels would not be able to provide enough electricity to power future lunar settlements, he said, while nuclear power could.
"This is a very serious challenge. It should be done in automatic mode, without the presence of humans," he said of the possible plan.
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