17.11 | 22:05
The deputy head TsNIIMASH on manned space flight noted poor implementation of space projects. Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev said that if no measures are taken, the new manned spacecraft to create will not work. With this statement he made during the meeting of the expert council of the college of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation.
Krikalev recalled that plans to build a spaceship appeared 10 years ago. This unit must be completely replaced the outdated “Union».
Exactly three years ago, the layout of a manned transport spacecraft RSC “Energia” was presented to the current president of Russia Vladimir Putin. The first flight was planned to create an instance already in 2018. In the same year was scheduled manned launch. At the moment, there can be no question about the launch of a new ship in 2018. Instead it proposed to launch the old “Union” with “East».
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