“Roskosmos” planned placement of the Moon up to 12 people – Lenta.ru

The head scientific organization of Roskosmos TsNIImash designs base on the moon that could take up to 12 people. Write about it on Tuesday, June 21 “News” referring to the head of the number of members of its crew to the press service TsNIImash Olga Zharov.

«In the initial stages of the deployment of a lunar base is not more than 2-4 people, more the later stages of the number of members of the crew can reach 10-12 people. When the four members of the crew and the duration of the expedition 30 days minimum habitable germoobem such a base is 20 cubic meters. For active work crew infrastructure should be on the lunar surface, “- said Zharov

The place for construction of a lunar base is not selected.. Most of the proposals, according to the representative TsNIImash reduced to the construction of the base in the vicinity of the South Pole of the Moon. In this construction, which should begin with housing and power modules will depend on the possibility of a safe landing of manned and cargo ships.

As noted in TsNIImash, preliminary designs of the lunar construction machinery have worked, but for the manufacture of test specimens of plans not yet. However, some of the project ideas are borrowed from programs developed in the USSR in 1960-1970-ies.

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08:46 21 August 2014

In December 2015 it was reported that from the last version of the Federal Space Program for 2016-2025 years (PCF) deleted all work on a manned mission to the moon. From the list of paid research FKP were seized lunar runway complex and lunar orbital station, a lunar base and the lunar space suit and other projects associated with the development of the Earth’s satellite.

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, who oversees the government missile space industry, has repeatedly spoken about the need to explore the Moon. At the same time, in August 2015 Rogozin agreed to inexpedient allocation of large sums for the preparation of space missions to the Moon and Mars. According to him, in the current state budget space ambitions would undermine the economic interests of the country.