This is CBS, I on the World. I'm John Batchel. May 9th, 2025, Moscow, Red Square, the parade remembering 80 years since the defeat of the Hitlerites in the great patriotic war.

Attending Vladimir Putin, of course, other strong men from across the world, and

Xi Jinping, the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, the president of Russia.

What is important here is a document that was signed that day between Russia and the People's Republic

of China, a document about the future. And I welcome Anatoly, Zach,

who keeps the Russian space web, highly recommended subscription site, because what Anatoly is watching

is the past, the present, and the future. That document is the past, the present, and the future.

Once upon a time, Rast Cosmos led the world in ambition for the Earth-Moon system. Now, we'd have to say China's caught up and passed, and maybe he's caught up with the U.S. We can't tell at this point. However, the Earth-Moon system will be conquered in the next decade or so, according to planners. Part of that plan, I learned from Anatoli, is that document

signed that day. What part, Roscosmos, in the well-announced joint program between Beijing and Moscow, between Roscosmos and the PRC's program.

And it's totally a very good evening to you. That document got my attention. They're looking at

developing technology that Russia will contribute. What is Tagiar? What is it referred to? Good

evening to you. Hello, John. So the Tagiar, the program,

which was in development in Russia for a number of years, essentially an attempt to develop

portable space use nuclear power source. It's, again, I just want to emphasize, it's a power source.

It's, again, I just want to emphasize, it's a power source.

It's not the source of trust.

It's not an engine.

It's essentially a power supply system, which essentially produces electricity,

produces power for space applications. And a subset of this project is to create not only portable and convenient unit to use in space,

but also there is an apparent effort to develop a version of the system which would work

on the surface of the moon

and particularly could supply a considerable amount of power for large applications such as

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