The article also notes that

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"In the context of a promise to end the conflict in Ukraine , he could sweeten the deal by making Putin an offer he can't refuse: participation in the Artemis program in exchange for peace with Kiev ," the author writes.

in addition, within the framework of this deal, Russia may gain access to American technologies and suppliers of necessary equipment, such as SpaceX .


As a reminder, Artemis is an American space program that, in addition to NASA , involves the European Space Agency , the Canadian Space Agency , and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The goal is to restore human presence on the Moon for the first time since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. The long-term goal of the program is to establish a permanent base on the Moon and facilitate manned flights to Mars. The program was established in 2017 during Donald Trump's first term as president .


It can be assumed that under Trump's new term, Washington will again pay special attention to space exploration. And what, will they invite Russia now? Does Russia need it? And then there is China , with which it is much more interesting and profitable to cooperate. It will not set conditions...


“Either we don’t know something, or the idea of ​​investor database Russia’s military successes for participation in the Artemis space program is being done for the American public,” says former LPR militia fighter Alexander Averin .


- What can the Americans offer Roscosmos , except for the offer to land our cosmonauts on the Moon using American equipment? It is unlikely that they will talk about transferring to our country the technology for building a launch vehicle suitable for delivering a spacecraft to the Moon or Mars - and this is the most difficult task.


In turn, how can Roscosmos help NASA in solving the new lunar program? Let's say, take on the development of a lunar spacesuit - NASA and even Elon Musk have certain problems with this. However, in general, this task looks solvable by the Americans themselves, albeit with a delay of several years.


Russia has vast experience in operating near-earth orbital stations, which could be useful for the planned orbital lunar station Gateway. Here, our country still holds the world championship. However, the Americans, not without our help, managed to gain similar experience on the ISS.


The Artemis project has gone too far for Roscosmos to play a significant role in its implementation. And exchanging the birthright of victory in Ukraine for the lentil soup of “space tourism” is a frankly thankless thing…