Russia once led the space race. Today it launches fewer rockets than SpaceX alone. Inside Roscosmos's post-Soviet decline, Luna-25's crash, GLONASS, and the Amur reusable rocket gamble.
China's road to 2045: ILRS lunar base with Russia, 2030 crewed Moon landing, Guowang and Qianfan megaconstellations, Tianwen-3 Mars sample return, and the new orbital cold war.
How NASA's Artemis Base Camp and China-Russia's ILRS plan to build permanent Moon bases: 3D-printed regolith habitats, Kilopower reactors, ISRU, and realistic timelines.
