Roscosmos and NASA intend to cooperate in the exploration of Mars and the Moon. This was announced on Saturday, March 28, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, who is on a working visit at the cosmodrome “Baikonur”. The parties will jointly prepare a roadmap projects to allocate responsibilities.
«We are working on a global roadmap for the development of space together with Russia and our other partners. The general direction of our efforts will be Mars. With the head of Roscosmos Igor Komarov, we discussed this issue, I estimate, which will be a time frame as to distribute the effort and finances, so as not to duplicate each other, “- said Bolden.
Also, NASA Administrator outlined plans for Americans to return to Moon and a new form of financing of space projects.
«We deliberately moving away from public financing operations in orbit. Private companies already operate flights to the ISS in the future, we plan to attract more private developers to our joint projects exploration of the Moon and Mars, “- said Bolden.
The parties also agreed on the joint creation of a new space station after 2024 . To the project will attract and partner countries. Until that time, NASA and Roscosmos will exploit the ISS.
Varvara Zakharova
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