The United States kicked Russia out of the lunar exploration team, and Russia said it would go to the moon alone.

According to the news of American media, NASA officially kicked Russia out of the expert group of the moon program in the implementation of Gatwick program. The source said: "Russian representatives are excluded from the discussion of this topic and are no longer included in the list of receiving letters, discussing or consulting documents." The source said that the above decision was made after the Russian side repeatedly stated that they did not play an appropriate role in the project. The representative of Russian space company Roscoesmos said that after the evacuation, Russia will go to the moon alone.

The United States plans to build a space station around the moon as a transit station for landing on the moon.

The plan to build a Gateway space station in lunar orbit is part of the US lunar exploration program. In 20 17, Roscoesmos signed an agreement with NASA to build a space station. However, Russia is only assigned to build a part of the structure of the space station module, that is, the door of the spacewalk. The United States is the main funder of the project, and most of the structures are made by American enterprises. Later, Dmitry rogozin, general manager of Roscoesmos, pointed out that Russia could not let itself participate in the portal project because it only got a small role, which he called an American-centered project.

If it is based on the principle of equality, such as the International Space Station, Russia can continue to participate in the project. In June 5438 +2020 10, Dmitry rogozin refused to sign an agreement with NASA to explore the moon.

Then, according to NASA, NASA signed an agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA) to build a transit space station in orbit near the moon. In addition to the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, Luxembourg, Italy, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom have also joined the above cooperation agreement. According to the agreement, ESA will provide passenger and refueling modules and communication equipment for the portal space station. Europe is also responsible for building a service module for the American Orion spacecraft, which aims to send humans to the moon. The agreement also involves the exploitation rights on the moon, with the aim of giving the moon resources company the right to become the owner of these resources. Of course, American companies still play a key role.

Russia also has its own moon landing plan.

After the United States signed the Artemis portal agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA), Dmitry rogozin said that it was meaningless to compete with the United States for a new moon program. According to rogozin, this kind of competition can only last for a period of time, and then countries will inevitably realize the necessity of cooperation. He pointed out that it is impossible for any country to nationalize and occupy the moon. The head of the state-owned aerospace company stressed that even the United States could not run the "moon" program alone without Russia. If Americans are in trouble, they still need Russian support.

In addition, Russia also has its own moon landing plan. This is also the first time that Russia is ready to send astronauts to the surface of the moon. The plan to land Russian astronauts on the surface of the moon by Russian spacecraft will be completed in 2030. "In order to make astronauts land on the surface of the moon, it is expected that a take-off and landing cabin will be established by using the connection between Orrell spacecraft and satellites flying in lunar orbit. The first test launch of the Aurel spacecraft will be carried out in 2023, using the angara -A5 rocket of the Oriental Space Airport. It is expected that there will be unmanned flight in 2024 and astronauts will fly to the International Space Station in 2025. It is planned to fly with angara rocket in 2026 and 2027, and the first Yenisei super rocket will be used in 2028. Then complete the test flight of the spacecraft in 2028, so that the spacecraft can be put into use. By 2029, there are plans to send spacecraft to the moon, and by 2030, Russian astronauts will be sent to land on the surface of the moon.

Sources in the rocket and aerospace industries also revealed that Russia also plans to send a reusable spacecraft to the moon to transport goods. The goods include heavy-duty self-mining vehicles and parts used in the moon landing base from 2003 to 2035. Therefore, Lavochkin Production and Research Association proposed to Roscoesmos and Russian Academy of Sciences to launch four self-programmed spacecraft to the moon between 2003/KLOC-0 and 2035. Therefore, the "Lunar -30" landing station will bring reusable spacecraft to the surface of the moon to support the mission carried out by manned equipment. The automatic station "luna 3 1" will carry a heavy bicycle weighing 5 tons, equipped with the necessary devices for developing lunar mineral resources.

Perhaps the pressure from China led the United States and Russia to choose to explore the moon alone.

As we all know, China is also trying to catch up with Russia and the United States in this field. From June 5438 to February 2020, China also successfully launched the Chang 'e-5 spacecraft, and explored the moon for two days, collecting 2 kilograms of soil and rock samples. Through the above tasks, China became the third country to take samples from the moon after the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1960s and 1970s. China has always been ambitious, planning to realize China's landing on the moon in February11930s, which must be a very proud moment for China. After many manned flights, China's aviation industry has not had exciting news for a long time.

Compared with Russia and the United States, China lacks some experience, but China has sufficient funds, so there is no need to worry about the competition between state-owned enterprises and private enterprises. Some Russian experts said that perhaps it was China's efforts and success in lunar exploration and landing that stimulated the United States and Russia to independently carry out lunar exploration projects. If China can complete the moon landing independently, and the United States and Russia need to cooperate to complete it, even if there are disputes in the process, it will inevitably lead to jokes. During the Cold War, the space hegemony of the United States and the Soviet Union was very exaggerated, but it did bring scientific and technological take-off to all mankind. Today, whether the United States and Russia want to admit it or not, China will join this club. The competition among the three countries will not be as full of gunpowder as it was during the Cold War, but the self-esteem of the three countries' great powers is not inferior to that of that year. (military fish)