ISS – it’s too expensive for the Russia – Express-News

12.01 | 17:50

«Roskosmos” intends to significantly reduce the cost of servicing the International Space Station (ISS). According to Russian press reports, this is due to budget cuts by the Federal Space Program and the market value of currencies. The reduction will affect mainly manned flights. In particular, the draft of the Federal Space Program for 2016-2025 years of reduced operating costs of the International Space Station by almost 30 billion rubles.

corporation Roscosmos had to reduce the cost estimates for the maintenance of the International Space Station (ISS) by almost 30 billion rubles for the period from 2016 to 2025. This newspaper reported on Monday “ News “, which turned out to be at the disposal of the final version of the Federal Space Program (FCP), directed the corporation to the ministries. The reasons for budget cuts paper calls reducing the overall expenditure budget and changes in the market value of currencies. Expenditure on the Russian segment for the coming decade, spending from the budget of the Russian Federation on the flight control of the Russian segment of the ISS maintenance and scientific experiments the program will amount to 252.1 billion rubles.

Because of extra-budgetary sources is expected to attract 12.6 billion rubles. The previous version of the French Communist Party, created in April last year, is the budgetary expenditures of 281.4 billion rubles. The total estimate of the PCF, as compared to April decreased by almost a quarter and amounted to 1.521 trillion rubles for 10 years. According to “Izvestia”, he insisted on spending cuts Ministry of Finance. Costs were reduced section of manned flights in particular, from the PCF were excluded expenditure on projects “lunar program.” It is planned to continue funding of mining in the Russian segment of the ISS manned infrastructure elements that, by assumption, “News”, refers to the space station, which is expected to build on the co-financing from one of the BRICS countries. In this work, by definition, shape future space stations were excluded from the project FCP.

On average, the estimated publication, Russia is prepared to spend on the maintenance of the ISS 26.8 billion rubles a year, or approximately $ 360 million. In the spring of 2013 the then head of the post manned programs Roscosmos Alexei Krasnov, Russian estimated costs for this purpose about $ 1 billion a year at the rate of the period. Overall costs of the ISS is $ 6-6.5 billion per year, half of which paid US and the rest accounted for by the EU, Russia and Japan. Financing of the PCF volume of financing the Federal Space Program (FCP) in the years 2016-2025 is set at 1.4 trillion rubles, 115 billion more may be allocated in addition, after 2021, reported earlier in the state corporation “Roscosmos”.

” Based on the current economic situation, the scope of activities of the PCF is defined in 1521 billion rubles. We have optimized the program, retaining key projects and technological advance, which allows the industry to develop. Funding is provided in the amount of 1.406 trillion rubles. “- said General Director of the corporation, Igor Komarov, whose words are contained in the message received by Tass. “The difference is 115 billion rubles. – A project, a final decision on the implementation of which will be made after 2021, depending on the state budget and the results of the industry” – said Komarov.