Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Roskosmos wants to send a space tourist to the ISS for six months – News America


 Roskosmos wants to send a space tourist to the ISS for six months

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Russian Federal Space Agency with a view budgetary savings wants to sell space tourists place in the semi-annual Russian cosmonauts mission to the International Space Station. This was reported by Tass , citing the head of the Scientific and Technical Council of the Russian Space Agency Yuri Koptev.

«There are suggestions that may turn into a directive to the Rocket and Space Corporation” Energia “, consider reducing the fiscal burden in order to address issues of commercialization resources station, that is, maybe even go on sale does not only short, but long expedition by reducing our presence, “- said the representative of the agency.

He also added that the quota on the ISS can be 3 Russians. “But as long as willing to buy such a flight is not visible” – confessed to the Copts.

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