The Federal Space Program in Russia announced revealed pieces of upcoming programs budgeted through 2015. The Russian cabinet has already approved the total expenditure. Details include construction of its re-usable Clipper Spaceship and two new rockets. Building, launching and attaching a new compartment onto International Space Station is included, as is a sample retrieval mission to Mar's moon, Phobos.
It seems the Russians, as usual, are taking an aggressive stance when it comes to Space exploration. Of course it remains to be seen if any of these plans will come to fruition. It seems they've been talking about the Clipper (also, Kliper) forever. Whatever they call it, it sure sounds cool, but I guess the proof will have to be in the pudding.
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