Krikalev: Russia is not exactly build a new spacecraft by 2018 – Neelov

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Sergei Krikalev, well-known former test pilot and hero of the Soviet Union, made a criticism of all employees of national astronautics. The deputy head of TsNIIMASH for orbital flights on manned spacecraft confidently stated that the current development situation in the country’s space industry on any new ship Russia should not count.

Krikalev led just two examples of fully characterizing the situation as a whole.

The first concerns the construction announced in 2005 the ship “Clipper”. Its first test flight was scheduled for 2014. Work on the project several once interrupted, the start date is constantly postponed, and finally came in 2014 – the ship “is not in sight.” Now sounds uncertain date – 2024.

The second is related to the proposal of the President of the country in 2011, the layout of the ship “Energy”. The developers claim that in 2018 will take place on a test flight of the ship with the crew on board. Today this speech is not conducted. In 2018 just fly “the pride of Russia» «Union».

What are gone 10 years and during that invested all funding for all remains a mystery. Therefore calls for urgent reform Krikalev industry that would cease to waste money and continue race with competitors, and to them now joined India (earlier it was China, the US and the EU), for the exploration of the Moon and other deep space missions.

But now we, hoping that our “pet” and a real hero, “Soyuz “cope with the task of flight to orbit the moon. Given his age and older specifications – the task will not be easy.

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