America and Russia have agreed to create the first space station on the moon, which should be the first step for a long-term project to send people to Mars.
Previously, NASA talked about the project Deep Space Gateway, which aims to master the entire system. But the beginning must be laid on the earth satellite. September 27, 2017 Roscosmos announced the signing of an agreement on cooperation.
Both countries are planning to develop international technical standards that will be used in the formation of the first colony. The agencies have already agreed on the standard for the docking station of the future station. Necessary elements are planned to create on the basis of Russian projects. To avoid problems, such questions need to be discussed in advance and made effective for all countries. The use of Proton-M and Angara missiles was also discussed. Russia plans to activate the main work on the creation of the lunar spaceport in the 2020s.
So far, the space sphere remains one of the areas where peace and understanding have been established between Russia and the United States. As evidence, it is worth recalling the ISS, created in 1998.
