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“compensate for the drop in demand for manned transport ships such as” Union “after 2018 is expected due to the resumption of short-term missions to the Russian segment of the ISS on a commercial basis,” – said in its latest quarterly report of “RSC” Energia ” – the parent company of Roskosmos in manned space flight.
Today vacancies third crew member on the ship “Soyuz” buys NASA: at the end of the Space Shuttle program in 2011, the Americans remained active spacecraft, and they use ” unions. “Now delivering astronauts to the ISS and then back to Earth is worth $ 76 million with the preparation (such prices are indicated in the contract for 2017). In the autumn of this year, perhaps Roscosmos will sign a contract with NASA sending crews to the ISS for 2018 year. This contract may be the last of its kind since 2018. NASA contractors promise to finish and complete testing of new manned spacecraft, primarily from the SpaceX Dragon Elon Musk and CST-100 from Boeing.
If US commercial company plans will be implemented and they will create their own manned spacecraft, Russia’s monopoly in sigmente manned flights over. In addition, China continues to improve its manned spacecraft “Shenzhou”, just around the corner and the creation of a national Chinese space station “Tiangong”. Against this background, if the Russian manned spacecraft will not be technically improved, but pricing is not revised, there is a serious risk of reducing their demand on the world market, the report said RSC “Energia”
“Of course, the RSC” Energia ” find ways to use the commercial advantage of opportunities to transport people to the ISS “- said the company plans a spokesman for RSC” Energy “Irina Romanova.
From 2001 to 2009, from time to time Roskomos engaged in space tourism: during this time the orbit of the ISS flew eight people, then the tourist program was phased out, the station began to carry astronauts.
“until 2018 is still quite a lot of time”, – says Igor Bourenkov, a spokesman for the Russian Space Agency. – “The trend is clear, but talk about the specifics of early”.
According to the company Space Adventures, is engaged in marketing of tourist space flights, the flight Sarah Brightman will cost her sponsors at $ 52 million. Fly to the ISS in front of her tourist founder Cirque du Soleil Guy Laliberte in 2009 to pay $ 35 million.
According to the scientific director of the Institute of Space Policy Ivan Moiseyev, the demand for this kind of tours to the ISS is unlikely to be sustainable. Still not easy to find a large number of multi-millionaires who want to fly in space, after all, $ 52 million to pay for the flight dare not everyone a very rich man. So it is too early to talk about space tourism, as a regular business.
A member of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics Tsiolkovsky Andrew, son of John believes that at the end of the contract with NASA Roskosmos could send to the ISS Russian crews completely.
“If we have decided to extend the operation of the ISS until 2024, recognizing the station so necessary and effective, why not send her professional crews?” – Says the son of Jonas. – “Otherwise you may have not a good situation when a professional astronaut who was preparing a half-life, in the end will not fly – instead sent a man who just paid the money”.
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