In the US, predicted the "beginning of the end" of Russia as a space power
NASA’s commercial space flight program will start operating in the summer of 2020, according to a report by the Inspector General of the American Space Agency. According to The Hill, this event will be the "beginning of the end" of Russia as a space power.
NASA's space program assumed that SpaceX and Boeing spacecraft would begin delivering astronauts to the ISS back in 2017, but a number of technical failures and other problems delayed its implementation for three years. In the event of unforeseen circumstances, more delays may occur, so it is recommended to purchase several seats in the Russian Soyuz for now.
However, the newspaper writes, this is bad news end and the good begin. For the first time since 2011, US astronauts will launch on their own spaceships from American territory, and US dependence on Russia will end. With the beginning of the flights of American spaceships to the ISS, Russia will not receive approximately 85 million dollars for each seat for American astronauts, which will mean the beginning of the end of the “Russian space power”.
- the author of the article declares.
Whether Russia is able to maintain independence in the space industry remains a question, he writes.
At present, the United States has one task - to create private space lines as part of a commercial program with an additional bonus in the form of ousting Russia from outer space, which is becoming "increasingly hostile," the publication claims.
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