Part of me thinks this story ("Russia Wants to Join U.S. Moon Plan") is cool -- it would be nice to have the Russians on a lunar roadtrip. Just so long as they don't slip some polonium in your vodka, they're probably a lot of fun. I'm just not so sure about that "we'd like to provide technology instead of cash" thing.
Don't get me wrong -- the Russians really know how to do a lot with very little! They are masters at that "getting 80% of the way there at 20% of the price" thing. It's just that they also seem to have a very high willingness to accept "accidents." (Remember that Moscow theater siege? You definitely get the feeling that losing a quarter of the hostages was considered "acceptable losses." That may work for them, but would you really want to ride a rocket built by these guys?)
I wonder if the Japanese have any interest in going to the moon...
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