Energia Lunar Expedition

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The Energia Lunar Expedition was a project that was initiated by Valentin Glushko during 1988 to create a lunar base using the Energia booster. The Moon base was to be eventually used for mining helium 3 from the lunar surface.

Hardware

The Energia expeditions involved at least two sections of hardware. which were placed into a Low Earth orbit in separate Energia launches.

Mission Profile

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External links

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Soviet and Russian projects	Zvezda moonbase (1960s) KLE Complex Lunar Expedition (1970s) L3M (1970s) Lunar Expeditionary Complex (1970s) Energia Lunar Expedition (1980s) Lunny Poligon (2030s)
Chinese and Russian project	International Lunar Research Station (late 2020s)
Other projects	"Man Will Conquer Space Soon!" (1950s) Artemis Project (1990s) Human Lunar Return (1990s) Chinese Lunar Base (2030s) JAXA Moon Base (2030s)
Proposed sites	Sinus Roris Eratosthenes Sinus Medii Montes Apenninus Kepler Shackleton Peary
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Hardware

Mission Profile

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