Some pretty major space updates for the space freaks of this board!!!

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Russia to help India’s lunar mission
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=280274
MOSCOW : Russia will provide technical assistance to India ‘s plan to send an unmanned spacecraft to moon in 2005 under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by space agencies of the two countries here on Wednesday. [/b][/COLOR]

China-Based Asia-Pacific Space Group Gains Support
http://www.space.com/news/apsco_support_031112.html
A China-based Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO) is being detailed, a new force in forging space relations between nations. A charter for the group was okayed November 12, hammered out by a dozen nations and United Nations (UN) organizations.

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