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Russia To Develop ISS If US Withdraws
Moscow, Russia (UPI) June 9, 2005 A Russian space official said his country will be able to develop the International Space Station even if U.S. participation is withdrawn. "If something happens and the (United States) pulls out of the program, we will be ready," said Alexander Medvedchikov, the deputy head of Roskosmos, the Russian space agency, as quoted by the RIA news agency. Russia could develop the station with the help of the new Kliper manned shuttle spacecraft, which is being created now, Medvedchikov said during an Internet briefing. Kliper was proposed in 2004 by the Russian Energia Corp. and was designed to replace the Soyuz. The United States does not intend to use its space shuttles forever, Medvedchikov said. "This is too expensive a pleasure, and these space shuttles are anyway quite old," he added. U.S. President Bush has said t! he United States would help complete construction of the station using the space shuttle fleet, but would retire the shuttle after that. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Space Station News at Space-Travel.Com
NASA Had No Choice But To Buy Soyuz Flights
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 09, 2006NASA's announcement last week that it will pay Roskosmos $43.6 million for a round-trip ride to the International Space Station this spring, and an equivalent figure for an as-yet-undetermined number of future flights to the station until 2012, represents the agency's acknowledgment that it had no alternative. |
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