The new head of the Russian Space Agency formed a working group to defining the prospects of space exploration. It should reconsider the prospects of space flight and, if required, to submit plans to reduce the budgets of hundreds of billions of rubles.
The new head of the Russian Space Agency, Igor Komarov, formed a working group. It should in a few weeks to determine the prospects of the Russian manned space flight. group’s findings will be considered by the scientific and technical council of the Russian Space Agency and will be the basis for the Federal Space Program 2016-2025 years.
“me a working group with the participation of research institutions and the prime contractor for manned space flight “RSC” Energia “. The group task is in the short term, literally within a month, submit answers to basic questions: the future use of the ISS, the ability to enter into strategic alliances in the field of space research, the prospect of creating a new space station, “- said Komarov .
We previously discussed the prospects of manned spaceflight. In the government document “Fundamentals of Russian state policy in the field of space activities for the period 2030 and beyond,” says that in 2030-ies will take a flight to the moon without landing, and a few years later – and with a landing on the surface. In this regard, the former leadership of the Russian Space Agency to include the first part of the lunar exploration project in the space program. Because of this, space program planned expenditures increased by hundreds of billions.
“Project superheavy carrier, actively promote team Ostapenko, likely working group will be postponed for the future. An alternative could be a heavy version of “Angara” with breeding load into orbit in several stages, with subsequent assembly directly in orbit “- quote” Izvestia “one of the members of the working group.
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