Ship “Energy” is delayed again flies’ Union »- Neelov

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Russia in the near future will not be able to create a manned spacecraft to fly space. This statement comes from the mouth of the deputy head TsNIIMASH on manned space mission, during his speech at a meeting of the board of the Military Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation. Sergei Krikalev stressed that if not urgently serious measures are taken, about any new ship out of the question.

The astronaut colleagues reminded the audience that first talked about the need to create a new spacecraft 10 years ago. It was planned that the new ship will completely replace badly outdated “Union».

Layout manned spacecraft RSC “Energia” showed President Vladimir Putin even 3 years ago. Then sounded

confident that the first ready-to-fly copy already appear in 2018. For the same year was appointed and first start with the crew on board.

To date, the conversation about the launch of “Energy” 2018 goes. Again, the present embodiment start “indispensable” “Soyuz” from the cosmodrome “East».

, November 2014