universal goal, however, is not found
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At a meeting with representatives of the space industry Countries, held on Thursday at the residence of Bocharov Ruchey (Sochi), Vladimir Putin has defined the priorities of its development, including: the strengthening of the Russian group of spacecraft, the expansion of Russia’s position in the world market of space launches, the orientation of the industry to solve practical problems, as well as scientific research in space.
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Vladimir Putin.
In addition, Putin recalled that the Federal Space Program is designed for 10 years, “but we you need to look at, of course, and for the longer term – beyond 2025 on the basis of this form of scientific research and development backlogs ».
What is the” research and development backlog ” and what are the prospects of the Russian space industry after 2025 – about this “MK” asked to tell the independent expert, candidate of technical sciences, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics. Tsiolkovsky Andrew Ioannina:
– Space programs have a very long investment cycle development. The development of the missile takes at least 5-7 years, its production – 2-3 years, the satellite – from one to three. That is all because of technology and long horizon of 10 years for them is very small. Taking “the Federal Space Program,” of course we have to think about the future, it is – the reality associated with long cosmic cycle implementation of such programs.
Let’s take, for example, the ISS project. From 1998-99, the first flying unit of the plant, and the program begins even earlier, if at all, it has a certain origin.
This program duration space industry is actually its biggest drawback – look so far in such technological areas very difficult. Because space program and plays on commercial markets. And this is a problem not only Russian but also American. To plan so far, it is necessary that the state was planning horizon, and it does not always have it.
The Americans, for example, always shy. Then during the Bush declared they had a program of flight to the moon. Then came Obama, reviewed this program and all talking about travel to the asteroids. Now say the flight to Mars. It is understood that the project horizon of Mars – somewhere in the year 2030, and Obama can not plan for what will be at the time.
We, too, shied away. So we have a program to create super-heavy launch, it is not, then fly to the Moon, now I say – we go to Mars, etc. And all these shy of what no national tasks in space. And not have them, neither Russia nor the United States.
In the past, all projects of space exploration were tied to national objectives. For example, when Stalin ordered the Queen to build a rocket, he put before him “space”, and it is clear problem: the creation of a ballistic missile. Then, when Khrushchev and Brezhnev put the queen and his followers plans for space exploration, they also abuts the understandable national objectives: to provide both external and internal political prestige of the country.
The same is true in the United States. Kennedy, when he said the lunar program, the main it was not a mission to the moon – God forbid! Kennedy said, guys, get me a specific space project, with which we could outdo Russian. And quickly.
After 2 months he brought the lunar project, which can be implemented after 8 years under normal expenses of the budget.
As soon as Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon, at this very moment It closed the American lunar program. Its aim has been achieved. And just missing the meaning of the state funding for the program. Moon soon forgotten.
Today, for all the long-term programs for the development of space are enormous required expenditures of the state budget, but there is no clear objectives for the country’s leaders.
And the purpose is needed, and today it can be very easy to understand. For example, now in space is not fashionable to be the first exclusive – all the problems of advanced, exclusive of nations in space have been solved. Now in space exploration are universal challenges. For example, such as the resettlement of mankind in space: in the Moon, Mars through – it does not matter. It is important that space exploration is today – common human project. And it is important to be together with all of humanity.
It is no longer a purely American flight to the moon or Mars, or purely Chinese. There should be a common human project of this flight. Whoever his offer and will participate in it, in fact, and will be the first in space. But while such a common human project, unfortunately, no one says …
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