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- Russia's space agency has publicly stated it has no interest in participating in NASA's Artemis missions that would eventually return humans to the lunar surface.
- Roscosmos is instead siding with China, partnering up for future space exploration efforts.
- NASA's plans to return humans to the Moon by 2024 are in serious jeopardy.
NASA's plan to return to the Moon by 2024 has been a long shot since the moment it was first announced. The space agency needs a whole lot of cash to make it happen and, at the moment, it doesn't have the funds to cover it. Predictably, NASA is doing its best to rally support from its international allies to share in both the cost and the new discoveries that a crewed mission to the Moon could bring.
Since Russia has been a huge part of NASA's work for decades, it seemed a given that the country would want to be involved in the Artemis missions as well. Now, as Ars Technica reports, it appears as though Russia wants nothing to do with NASA's plans for a 2024 Moon mission and is instead getting comfy with China's space group.
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