[FPSPACE] MirCorp's money for ISS ?

[David Anderman]

Let me see if I can explain Mr. Manber's logic:

The 17 flights that Russia is committed to providing for ISS have, 
unfortunately, no funding available, except for whatever monies flow from 
the Russian government through Rosiakosmos to RSC Energia. On the other 
hand, MirCorp provides cash to RSC Energia, part of which goes to paying 
workers to build Soyuzes and Progresses. Without MirCorp, the amount of 
cash that reaches those same workers would be close to zero. Clearly, 
without MirCorp's money, sooner or later RSC Energia will no longer be able 
to pay workers for the 17 "free" ISS missions.

DWA


At 02:19 PM 10/17/2000 +0200, Haeseler, Dietrich wrote:
>Perhaps I am not fully informed, but is not part of the money in MirCorp
>coming from RKK Energia, and thus coming from the Russian state ? And can
>MirCorp be a commercial success if part of their income is transferred to
>Russia to re-finance their commitment to ISS ?