Prospects for the development of Russian cosmonautics

Domestic astronauts should be trained not to work on the ISS, but for expeditions to the Moon and Mars. So says the deputy head of the Center for Cosmonautics Training (CPC) for scientific work, Boris Kryuchkov. According to him, the current system of selection and training of astronauts in Russia is not able to provide an adequate level of development of manned cosmonautics. The main objectives of the development of the Russian manned cosmonautics up to 2020 are experiments and research conducted on the domestic segment of the ISS, as well as the development of a new transport and technical support system based on a new generation of manned spacecraft.

At the same time, our country must effectively develop near-Earth space and implement a program to develop a natural satellite of the Earth and develop basic technologies to prepare a manned flight to Mars and other planets of our solar system. It is obvious that the development of Russian manned cosmonautics in this direction cannot be complete without changing the system of training and selection of astronauts existing in the Russian Federation, since it places new demands on the tasks used by technical means and the conditions of training and selection.

The development of manned astronautics should be carried out precisely in the key of the challenges ahead. One of the main elements of development and modernization of the CPC should be the creation of a modern scientific and technical cosmonaut training complex, as well as the creation of the necessary infrastructure, the organization and conduct of developmental and scientific research for the development of manned flights. Also, the training of qualified personnel of the CPC itself will be very important, Boris Kryuchkov believes.

Prospects for the development of Russian cosmonautics were the subject of a meeting between Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, who oversees the development of the military-industrial complex, and the leadership of Roskosmos, held on September 23, 2014. After in our country it was decided to resume the program aimed at the exploration of the moon, the Russian authorities decided on the beginning of its active phase. According to Oleg Ostapenko, who holds the post of head of Roscosmos, Russia’s full-scale exploration of the moon will begin at the end of the 20s of the early 30s. In general, the government is ready to provide 321 a billion rubles to 2025 for space exploration, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said.

In formalized form, according to Ostapenko, the new draft of the Russian Federal Space Program for 2016-2025 will be agreed with the government in the near future. According to him, the program has almost completely completed the approval process. He told reporters about this at a meeting at the Cosmonaut Training Center. The new Russian program provides, in particular, for the development of a super-heavy launch vehicle, the active development of the Earth's natural satellite, the creation Robot- an astronaut who will assist the ISS crew during spacewalks.

According to RIA "News”, A part of this sum will be directed to the development of new modules for the ISS, as well as to the development of a new Russian automatic spacecraft called“ OKA-T ”. OKA-T is an autonomous technology module, a planned multi-purpose space laboratory that will be included in the Russian segment of the ISS. In this case, the module will be able to work in space separately from the station. From time to time, he will dock with the ISS, whose crew will take over the functions of refueling, maintenance of scientific equipment onboard and other operations.

According to the deputy chairman of the government, the device “OKA-T” is designed to solve scientific problems in a blue vacuum. At this point in time, all space experiments aboard the ISS are carried out in accordance with the long-term Russian program of scientific and applied research. Among these experiments - the study of chemical and physical processes, as well as materials in terms of their presence in space. Also, as noted by Rogozin, studies of our planet from space, biotechnology, space biology, and space exploration technologies are being implemented and planned. A lot of things are planned and implemented, Rogozin said, stressing that today the state allocates significant funds for space research.

Also at a meeting on the development of Russian cosmonautics, Rogozin raised the question of the feasibility of developing manned cosmonautics in the aspect of the International Space Station. The Russian Deputy Prime Minister drew attention to the current geopolitical situation, noting that the Russian Federation should be as pragmatic as possible in current realities. Earlier, Dmitry Rogozin has already said that after 2020, Russia can focus its efforts on more promising space projects than the ISS, having turned its attention to the creation of purely national projects.

A possible termination of international cooperation within the framework of the ISS project may occur between 2020 and 2028. The domestic space industry is preparing for this development of the situation. RSC Energia has previously made a proposal for the development of an independent Russian project of an orbital base located in low-Earth orbit using three Russian modules of the ISS - two science and energy and one node. Such a base may be needed as part of the creation of an in-orbit space port. Without such a port, it is difficult to think about the development of the Solar System and the resources available in it. In the future, the process of assembling and maintaining various interplanetary space complexes can be adjusted on such a base. Someone will say that these are things of the far future, but RSC Energia specialists are simply obliged to look at the decades ahead in order to determine the vector of development of the Russian cosmonautics more accurately.

In this regard, the ship module OKA-T, which should appear in the composition of the infrastructure of the ISS in the near future, becomes important. This technological ship, flying freely at some distance from the station, is planned to be sent into space in 2018. OKA-T will become the prototype of the first industrial workshop located in Earth orbit. On board the ship, it is planned to carry out a variety of scientific research and obtain new materials (including medicines) with such properties that it is impossible to achieve on Earth. It is impossible to arrange such production on the ISS itself due to constant vibrations and the presence of microgravity. At the same time, on a freely flying unmanned ship-module "OKA-T" conditions for this will be ideal. Once in 6 months, such a ship will dock with the ISS for maintenance and loading / unloading of raw materials and finished products.

Information sources:
http://vpk-news.ru/articles/22268
http://www.newsru.com/russia/23sep2014/luna.html
http://www.politforums.net/culture/1366236010.html
http://mir24.tv/news/Science/11284833

Comments

[Archikah]

In the late 20s, early 30s. Or the donkey will die, by that time, or the emir.

[explorer]

Time is running fast.
13 years have passed since the "Peace" was flooded - Peace be upon him.

[siberalt]

A person cannot live long on either the Moon or Mars. Even the "rotation" of the settlers will not work with Mars. Man has a safety margin only in one direction. You can't change nature. Is that androids or mutants? And there is enough room for everyone on Earth. Three quarters of the planet is under water. Is this space harder to master than Mars?

[timer]

Great point! 70% of the planet’s territory is occupied by water, and the depths of the seas and oceans are studied ONLY 2% !! Underwater cities can be built! As for the space program, I think that we need to focus on the lunar program and not spray on any bullshit!

[timer]

I agree. I think such long terms are voiced because we have a mess in the space rocket industry (and not only in it). Lack of discipline, responsibility and theft are bearing fruit!

[Bayonet]

In words, as always, everything is fine, and how it will be - let’s see.

[Prager]

words are beautiful - deeds will show. The main thing is that no ordinary Serdyukov should answer for the Russian space.

[biglow]

space should already begin to pay for itself. You just need to figure out how to do it. And the transition from science to production will inevitably lead to the creation of national orbital stations. This is inevitable and it is necessary to think about it now.

[rotor]

If Russia does not develop the moon, others will do it for it.

In July, Roscosmos partners from the United States, Europe and Japan supported the proposal to create a visited orbital station on the opposite side of the Moon’s orbit from the Earth. The station is planned to be created on the basis of the Russian modernized Scientific and Energy Module for the International Space Station (ISS) after the shutdown of the ISS itself.

Adaptation to lunar conditions will require a small modernization of the current project of the Scientific and Energy Module. The planned lifetime of the near-moon station is 30 years. It will be equipped with nodes for docking a promising American and Russian spacecraft.

At the moment, the preliminary design of the Scientific and Power Module, developed by RSC Energia, has been submitted for examination to the head institute of Roskosmos, TsNIIMash. It is scheduled to be launched to the ISS in 2018.

[Vadim237]

If ours will be engaged in the creation of an aerospace plane, this will be the prospect with a capital letter, but for now we will be bypassed in a heavy rocket and in an aerospace plane.

[opus]

Quote: Vadim237

If ours will be engaged in the creation of an aerospace plane, this will be the prospect

1. VKS is not yet economically viable.
for a Shuttle / Buran type system, a load of 50-70 launches per year is required, then the economy "dances"

In 2013, TOTAL 80 space rocket launches were launched, of which 77 were fully successful. One launch is recognized as partially successful.

Space rocket launches were carried out by Russia, the USA, Europe, China, Japan, India, South Korea, as well as the international consortia (companies) Sea Launch, Cosmotras, Starsem, ILS, Eurocot

Of 32 successfully launched Russian and Ukrainian missiles:

- 16 missiles of the Soyuz type were manufactured by the TsSKB-Progress Center. 4 of them were equipped with Frigate-type booster blocks manufactured by the S. Lavochkin Scientific-Production Association and one rocket — the Volga launch unit manufactured by the TsSKB-Progress Center;
- 12 rockets of the Proton and Rokot type were manufactured by the MV Khrunichev Center, all of them were equipped with booster blocks of the Breeze type manufactured by the same Center;
- In addition, one Strela rocket manufactured by NPO Mashinostroyeniya (Reutov), ​​two Dnipro rockets and one Zenit rocket manufactured by YuzhMashkhavod (Dnepropetrovsk) were successfully launched.
As a result, 201 spacecraft were put into the calculated orbits and flight paths to the Moon and Mars (there may be an inaccuracy in the range of 2-3 units)
2. The weight of the PN decreases all the time ("nano", micro, etc.), respectively, the requirements for the output PN are the same
3. Docking in orbit has been worked out, it is easier to launch 2 (3,4,5) light launch vehicles with cheap launch vehicles of the "union" type and dock than to use monsters (it is expensive, and in case of an accident everything is lost)

The Japanese and American concept of creating DISPOSABLE rockets attracts close attention. new generation light class - achievement minimum cost and ensuring the dominance of these missiles in the market of services for launching payloads on a commercial basis.

[no matter who i am]

This is a real drank. On a cosmic scale.

[Vadim237]

I was not talking about the Shuttle but a single-stage aerospace aircraft - such as TU 2000

[VOLKHOV]

According to the deputy chairman of the government, the OKA-T apparatus is designed to solve scientific problems in a blue vacuum.

An interesting reservation, or is this already the norm?

[does it]

The development of manned space exploration should be carried out precisely in the vein of the promising tasks before us.

Tasks, tasks, while the oligarchs in power are occupied with cutting and dividing the Soviet strength inheritance from the USSR, we are unlikely to fly somewhere to the moon, Mars, and so on.

[Saburo]

In the meantime, the first flight of the PTK NP, the ship to replace the Soyuz, has been postponed until 2024. Earlier it was planned that the first manned flight will be in 2018, and the unmanned one in 2017. It will be a miracle if this date is not pushed even further in almost ten years. And gentlemen from the government have already gathered on the moon.

[Neohumanoyd]

No need Mars ... I would like to live to see the flight of our rocket beyond the orbit of the ISS. In general, it’s silly to pull space alone with current technologies ... We must unite with other countries.

[studentmati]

Prospects for the development of Russian cosmonautics


Authority! Record 2010. Before the tragedy, a little over a year.

[31rus]

Not that way, why do we again have the ISS belonging to America, we need to maintain and develop ourselves, regarding the moon and Mars, why should someone pursue their own program for both the near and interplanetary space

[Shur]

We need a plant for the production of spacecraft in orbit, as S.P. Korolyov. This will allow building "building blocks" of real inhabited objects and really significant stations and ships.

[Tishka]

At the ISS, Russia plays the role of a cabman, take it, bring it, we will pay, no more, America is already dictating who can fly and who can not! And in light of recent events, it is once again confirmed that it is better to have your own station, and not depend on others, another thing is that the oligarchs want more money in their pocket, and they do not care about the country's prospects, in which case, they are for hill, with the money will be! And it’s time from the missiles to go to reusable ships, in about this way, up to 30 kilometers, the plane takes it, then the compartment, and then into orbit on the booster block, it worked, went down like a plane, and after inspection, a new flight, then, this will be economically feasible. And while managers manage the industry, there are no prospects. such leaders as S.P. Queens who see for many years to come, and know how to anticipate! And at the base of your station, you can collect ships for flights and the exploration of the Moon and Mars, and in the future, the entire solar system!