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While details of how this can be achieved remain unclear, Borisov added that the technological steps are "almost ready."
Also known as "we have no idea how to achieve this".
At least that means they probably aren't going to put a load of uranium on a rocket (potentially blowing it up in the atmosphere).
A power plant on the moon, built by robots? Pardon my skepticism. I’ll believe it when I see it.
Why would they need Russia for this?
They don't, but it's in the context of this text:
The announcement comes just after NASA revealed a 2026 budget proposal that would axe the agency's plans for an orbital lunar base.
If I see something on the moon - which I look at a lot - starts containing bullshit constructions, I will start fucking shit up.
Stay the fuck away from it. Go build on mars or something.
I mean, we can’t even see the landers. But, in all reality, unless the human race backslides due to current global politics (very likely), it’s reasonable to believe that we will have permanent habitats on the moon in the next hundred years or so. Permanent habitats there would be the stepping stone to Mars. Skipping the moon doesn’t make any sense.
Well there isn't much reason to go to Mars either.
Absent backsliding when it comes to technological advancement (again, very likely right now) or hitting a ‘great filter’ event, the human race will exceed the resources provided on this planet and will develop the technology to travel the stars.
On the timeframe of thousands of years, or millions, or compared to lifetime of the Sun and Earth itself and the ability for life to continue to grow on Earth… these immense scales of time… life will— find a way.