Russia Plans to Launch Own Space Station After Quitting ISS
looorg writes:
Russia is ready to start building its own space station with the aim of launching it into orbit by 2030 if President Vladimir Putin gives the go-ahead, the head of its Roscosmos space agency said on Wednesday.
[...]Rogozin said the Russian station, unlike the ISS, would most likely not be permanently crewed because its orbit path would expose it to higher radiation.
But cosmonauts would visit it and it would also use artificial intelligence and robots.
He said Russia was ready to consider allowing foreign crews to visit, "but the station must be national... If you want to do well, do it yourself."
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/russia-plans-launch-own-space-station-after-quitting-iss-2021-04-21/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir
Read more of this story at SoylentNews.