From: mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us>
Subject: [WSFA] Coming: a Russian Lunar base
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Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 21:05:18 -0500
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Excerpt:
According to the source, a manned flight to the moon is possible under a
scheme envisaging two coupled launches. First, a lunar take-off and
landing complex is placed on a low Earth orbit, and then the upper stage
with effective cryogenic propellants is orbited. The third launch orbits a
manned spacecraft, and the fourth - another upper stage. After docking of
the lunar take-off and landing complex with the manned spacecraft on the
lunar orbit, the crew descends to the Moon surface inside the lunar
take-off and landing complex, carries out the research program and returns
to orbit. After that the spaceship returns to Earth.

Also, another coupled Angara-A5V launch will be needed before the manned
flight to deliver and deploy the first expeditionary unit of the lunar
base on the Moon.
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<http://tass.ru/en/science/840321>

And they're talking about sites for more bases... as in they're planning
on being up there for the long run.

       mark