Pentagon promised to closely monitor the plans of Russia and China to create an international scientific lunar station. This was stated by the Acting Assistant Minister of Defense of the United States for politics in the space industry John Hill, reports TASS.
It is noted that Hill’s intentions of the US authorities told on hearings in one of the subcommittees of the Committee on the Affairs of the Chamber of Representatives of the US Congress.
Earlier, the Russian and Chinese parties signed a Memorandum on the creation of the lunar station. Representatives of the governments of Russia and China – the head of Roskosmos Dmitry Rogozin and the head of the Chinese National Space Administration (KNA) Zhang Khajian – signed a cooperation agreement in video conferencing.
The memorandum specifies that the planned lunar station is intended “for multidisciplinary and multipurpose research works,” further perspective of the presence of a person directly on the moon is considered. The agreement implies both joint planning, developing and implementing the project and its presentation to the world community.