Representatives of the Chinese space industry – Cosmonaut Training Center of China and the State Corporation “Great Wall” – arrived in Moscow on April 7 to participate in the historic negotiations with the Russian Space Agency plans to global cooperation in the field of manned space flight and the Russian-Chinese lunar expansion.
To Moscow with a delegation from China arrived three deputy general designer of the CPC China – Huang Veyfen, Liu and Li Veybo Inhuey. Russian Roscosmos provide guidance, Cosmonaut Training Center Gagarin and the Institute of Biomedical Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences.
According to information provided by a member of the cosmonaut training center, during the talks focused on the discussion of joint missions beyond Earth’s orbit, manned lunar program and the acclaimed program, which is very ambitious.
In the discussion made cooperation in several areas, from training taikonaut (Chinese astronauts) to the long flight to joint missions beyond low Earth orbit.
«Roskosmos negotiates with Chinese partners, including lunar and space programs. While talk about any specifics early », – quotes” Izvestia “newspaper Roscosmos spokesman Igor Burenkova.
« Certainly, the experience of Russia in the field of space flight is very interested in China. However, there is important strategic approach – it is important not just to agree on several joint projects, you need to think about the future. For example, we could agree with China on the joint construction of the space station or on cooperation in terms of development of the Moon », – comments on international negotiations, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics Tsiolkovsky Andrew, son of John.
We add that Roskosmos not hide that they would like to carry out long-term large-scale projects for space exploration in partnership with other states. In this sense, China is seen a potential alternative to the US, which is the main partner of Russia in the International Space Station (ISS). However, in the past year amid worsening situation in Ukraine US space agency NASA has decided to impose on the Russian Federation and the Russian Space Agency sanctions that not only touched the ISS, in all other cases, employees NASA sanctions regime prohibits even contact with their Russian counterparts.
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