Russia, US to mull cooperation on Moon orbit station
2019-12-28 10:07:45 source：Global Times
December 27, 2019
Representatives of Russian state space corporation Roscosmos and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will meet "closer to spring" to discuss Russia's joining the Lunar Gateway project, Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin said Thursday.
Russia could contribute a backup transport system since "you never know what can happen if there is only one," Rogozin was quoted by RIA Novosti news agency as saying.
In 2017, Roscosmos and NASA signed a joint statement, supporting research that could lead to the construction of a lunar orbital station, but later Roscosmos refused to participate over certain disagreements with NASA.
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