Russia unveils Mir-2 but has no plans to build it in the foreseeable future
Avi Blizovsky and news agencies
Russia will try to interest other countries to build and launch a replacement spacecraft
Lamir which was recently destroyed. This is what a senior member of the Russian cabinet told the agencies
The news at the end of the week.
To build the new spaceship, we will try to interest a maximum number of
Countries interested in taking part in manned exploration of space," said Deputy Chief
Russian government, Ilya Klavanov at a press conference as part of the space conference
which took place this weekend in Moscow. "The project will require a lot of effort, but
This does not mean that Russia will build the space station alone," he added.
Klavanov said that the cabinet will consider a decision on starting the project under the conditions
certain and will provide a schedule for the start of construction next year.
He added that the Russians will first and foremost invest their share in the space station
"But we must think about the next stage of the development of
This station.” he said.
Many Russian politicians and former cosmonauts protested the downing of
Mir to the Pacific Ocean on March 23. They see it as the end of a myth
Soviet space age. The government is apparently trying to comfort those whose pride
was harmed by the talk about Mir-.2
The head of the Russian space agency, Yuri Koptev, said that the central cell of
Mir-2 alone may cost at least 400 million dollars, money that the agency will spend
Space cannot afford it. The Russian government's decision to crush the
Mir was because it had become obsolete and the cost of its maintenance was high
every.
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