A rocket with a lunar landing craft blasts off on Russia’s first moon mission in nearly 50 years ( www.thehindu.com )
“Study of the moon is not the goal,” said Vitaly Egorov, a popular Russian space analyst. “The goal is political competition between two superpowers — China and the USA — and a number of other countries which also want to claim the title of space superpower.”
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