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Article: Russian space engineers eager to join United States on moon, Mars missions
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- January 20, 2004
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VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
01-20-2004
Dateline: MOSCOW
Russia's space engineers spent years designing futuristic spacecraft for missions to Mars with little hope they would survive the financial meltdown of the nation's once-glorious space program.
U.S. President George W. Bush's announcement of a new thrust into space has awakened hopes that these dreams will now come true in alliance with the United States.
From giant booster rockets to tiny robots, Russia has developed a range of cutting-edge space technologies it now hopes to share with the United States to send humans to the moon and Mars.
It would offer the cash-strapped space industries an alternative to ...