During the coming years, Russia may
begin deploying its own high-latitude space station, Kommersant
newspaper wrote with reference to a source close to the administration
of the Central Research Institute of Machine Engineering. The
construction of the station in orbit, the newspaper wrote, is a key
aspect of the project for the development of manned space exploration
for the period up to 2050.
At first, an anonymous source in the
Federal Space Agency denied the information, saying that there was
neither technical nor financial possibility for the realization of the
idea. Later, however, deputy head of the agency Denis Lyskov said that
there were "various options" considered.
The project of the Federal Space Program
does not provide for the deployment of a new space station in the years
2017-2019. Roscosmos will not be able to provide resources for such a
project while implementing obligations under the project of the
International Space Station (ISS), Interfax said with reference to a
source in the space agency. "This is simply unfeasible both technically
and financially," the source told the agency.
However, deputy head of the Federal
Space Agency, Denis Lyskov, told TASS that Roscosmos was indeed
considering various options to create a new national space station that
could replace the ISS. "We are looking at different options, without
being attached to one particular option," he said. Lyskov did not unveil
any details of the project.
The Kommersant said that the Russian
station would be built in the period from 2017 to 2019. The initial
configuration will be formed on the basis of a multi-purpose laboratory
and node modules, spacecraft OKA-T. Soyuz-MS and MS-Progress will
maintain the operation of the station. In 2020-2024, energy and
transformed modules used in the lunar program would be developed, the
article said. According to Interfax, some orbital modules mentioned in
the article were designed to supplement the Russian segment of the ISS.
"Roscosmos, as its leaders have
repeatedly stated, is interested in extending the operation of the ISS
at least before 2020. The resources for the Russian side to abide by
obligations under the ISS program are stipulated in the Roscosmos
budget. The project of a separate space station will require a much
larger allocation of funds. The fact that they will be assigned in
today's tense financial situation is unlikely," said the source......................http://english.pravda.ru/science/tech/17-11-2014/129053-russia_space_station-0/
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