Russia Space Chief Says Country Will Fly On Space Station Until 2030 (arstechnica.com)
(Friday December 20, 2024 @05:01AM (BeauHD)
from the change-in-tone dept.)
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- News link: https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/12/20/004223/russia-space-chief-says-country-will-fly-on-space-station-until-2030
- Source link: https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/12/russian-space-chief-says-country-will-fly-on-space-station-until-2030/
Ars Technica's Eric Berger reports:
> In a [1]wide-ranging interview with a Russian television station, the chief executive of Russia's main space corporation said the country is now planning to participate in the International Space Station project [2]all the way to NASA's desired goal of 2030 . "In coordination with our American colleagues, we plan to de-orbit the station sometime around the beginning of 2030," the country's chief space official, Yuri Borisov, said during the interview. "The final scenario will probably be specified after the transition to a new NASA administration."
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> While the documents for such an extension have not been signed, these comments appear to represent a change in tone from Russia. When he first became head of Roscosmos in 2022, Borisov said Russia would leave the station partnership "after" 2024, which was interpreted as shortly thereafter. Later, Russia committed to working with NASA to keep the orbital outpost flying only through 2028. The US space agency has expressed a consistent desire to keep flying the station until 2030, after which point it hopes that private space station operators can provide one or more replacement facilities.
> Borisov said the aging station, elements of which have now been in space for more than a quarter of a century, are becoming difficult to maintain. "Today our cosmonauts have to spend more time repairing equipment and less and less time conducting experiments," he said.
Borisov also discussed Russia's challenges of getting private investment in space-related activities, saying: "In the West, particularly in America, 70 percent of space services are provided by satellite constellations created by private companies. This process has only just begun with us. This is a very risky business for potential investors."
"Right now, the dynamic growth of private space is being influenced by the general economic situation (likely referring to Russia's costly war in Ukraine), high inflation and interest rates, which leads to expensive money for private investors. We can hope that this will be a temporary period and more favorable times will come soon."
[1] https://www.rbc.ru/interview/technology_and_media/09/12/2024/675671c39a794769f2b2d272
[2] https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/12/russian-space-chief-says-country-will-fly-on-space-station-until-2030/
> In a [1]wide-ranging interview with a Russian television station, the chief executive of Russia's main space corporation said the country is now planning to participate in the International Space Station project [2]all the way to NASA's desired goal of 2030 . "In coordination with our American colleagues, we plan to de-orbit the station sometime around the beginning of 2030," the country's chief space official, Yuri Borisov, said during the interview. "The final scenario will probably be specified after the transition to a new NASA administration."
>
> While the documents for such an extension have not been signed, these comments appear to represent a change in tone from Russia. When he first became head of Roscosmos in 2022, Borisov said Russia would leave the station partnership "after" 2024, which was interpreted as shortly thereafter. Later, Russia committed to working with NASA to keep the orbital outpost flying only through 2028. The US space agency has expressed a consistent desire to keep flying the station until 2030, after which point it hopes that private space station operators can provide one or more replacement facilities.
> Borisov said the aging station, elements of which have now been in space for more than a quarter of a century, are becoming difficult to maintain. "Today our cosmonauts have to spend more time repairing equipment and less and less time conducting experiments," he said.
Borisov also discussed Russia's challenges of getting private investment in space-related activities, saying: "In the West, particularly in America, 70 percent of space services are provided by satellite constellations created by private companies. This process has only just begun with us. This is a very risky business for potential investors."
"Right now, the dynamic growth of private space is being influenced by the general economic situation (likely referring to Russia's costly war in Ukraine), high inflation and interest rates, which leads to expensive money for private investors. We can hope that this will be a temporary period and more favorable times will come soon."
[1] https://www.rbc.ru/interview/technology_and_media/09/12/2024/675671c39a794769f2b2d272
[2] https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/12/russian-space-chief-says-country-will-fly-on-space-station-until-2030/
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by newcastlejon ( 1483695 )
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Maybe less attacking other countries (Score:2)
by gavron ( 1300111 )
Money is a finite resource unless you're in the US federal government.
Maybe attack neighboring countries LESS and put money into scientific research and space exploration MORE?
Right now Russia kills more Ukranians than all other wars on this planet combined.
Maybe rethink that strategy... say before 2030?
Space station? Lets see if Russia lasts till 2030 (Score:3, Insightful)
I'm dubious about either of those two things happening.
Re: (Score:2)
They'll hold on to 2030 if they can, so long as they get their routine resupply of vodka.