Russia Is Investing $50 Billion In Its (Very Ambitious) Space Program

President Vladimir Putin has announced a space initiative to put a person on Mars, build a moon base, and shoot down any foreign threats. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans for a new space initiative today. That includes shelling out more than $50 billion over the next seven years to complete the country's Vostochny cosmodrome, modernize rockets, and eventually send cosmonauts to the moon and even Mars. Russia currently launches rockets out of Kazakhstan, but in an announcement, Pu...