Some sanity remains in Putin's Russia as it launches for a Moon landing, challenging India's earlier launch in August.

With its Ukraine war, the big question to ask of Russia-- is it stupid enough to go Atomic war, which in my appraisal would end up extincting life on Earth, for we need to colonize Europa in the next 1,000 years. For our Sun has gone into a deadly Red
Giant phase. The Sun and stars shine not from fusion but from Faraday law and that is the prime reason our climate is hotter each successive year, with only minor contributions from manmade fossil fuel burning. A Atomic World War would close the window
of opportunity on making a Europa permanent colony. And all of life on Earth being burned and scorched out of existence.

It is a good sign that Russia is challenging India for a race to the South Pole of the Moon where it is expected to find water. A good sign, because it signals that Putin's Russia is still a sane Russia, and not thinking of pushing atomic war buttons.
For it is really senseless to even send up a spaceship for the Moon if you plan on pushing atomic war buttons. Why bother to go to the Moon with a Earth in atomic missile holocaust. It is a sign that some sanity still prevails over Russia.


--- quoting BBC ---
Russia launches first space mission to Moon in 47 years

Russia launched its first mission to the surface of the Moon in nearly half a century, in a bid to be the first country to land on the lunar south pole.
Moscow's Luna 25 mission lifted off on schedule from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Russian Far East.
The Moon's south pole is believed to hold deposits of water.
The Russian mission is racing against India, which sent up its own lander last month that is already orbiting the Moon.
Russia's space chief told Interfax the lander is expected to touch down on 21 August. As of earlier this week, India's Chandrayaan-3's spacecraft was due to reach the surface on 23 August.
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